Portal:Current events/2019 June 22
June 22, 2019 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt
- An attempted coup in Ethiopia's Amhara state leaves several people dead, including the regional president Ambachew Mekonnen and the Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, General Se'are Mekonnen. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- A seven-story building collapses in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, killing at least 28 people and wounding 25 others. (The Guardian)
International relations
- Iran–Saudi Arabia relations
- Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir says if Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, there will be a "very, very strong reaction". (Arab News)
- United States sanctions against Iran, Iran–United States relations, Iran and weapons of mass destruction
- The United States announces "major" sanctions against Iran to prevent them from obtaining nuclear weapons. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Mauritanian presidential election
- Voters in Mauritania head to the polls to elect a new president. The election would be the country's first democratic transition of power, as incumbent president Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz prepares to step down after having served two terms. (DW)
- British Foreign Office Minister Mark Field is suspended for assaulting a Greenpeace activist. (BBC News)
- The Trump administration releases a $50 billion plan that calls for investment in Palestine's economy. (NBC News)