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Portal:Current events/2015 August 24

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Turkey–PKK conflict
  • A roadside IED near the town of Şemdinli in Hakkari Province kills two Turkish Army soldiers and injures three others. [http://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/227752/two-soldiers-killed-after-convoy-hits-explosives-i (Reuters via LBC Group)]
  • PKK insurgents blow up a natural gas pipeline in Turkey's southeastern Kars Province near the Armenian border. [http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2015/08/24/pkk-terrorists-attack-pipeline-in-turkeys-southeastern-kars-province (The Daily Sabah)]
  • 2015 Thalys train attack
  • The President of France, François Hollande, presents the Légion d'honneur to four people, three of them Americans, Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler; and Briton Chris Norman, for foiling a suspected terrorist act last Friday. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34037580 (BBC)]
  • A bomb explodes on a bus carrying Egyptian police killing one of them and injuring 29 others in the Nile delta. [http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/bomb-kills-1-egyptian-policemen-wounds-29-1210380 (AFP via NDTV)]
  • Clashes at a government protest in Kailali kill eight people in Nepal, including seven police officers. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34038566 (BBC)]
  • Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
  • Rockets fired by Houthi militiamen reportedly kill 14 people as fighting intensifies in the city of Taiz. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/24/us-yemen-security-idUSKCN0QT0X620150824?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews (Reuters)]
  • ISIL
  • Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the Turkish Foreign Minister, says that Turkey and the U.S. will launch a "comprehensive" campaign to flush out ISIL from a zone in northern Syria near the border. In effect, this means creating a "security zone" by sending foreign soldiers into Syrian territory. [http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/08/24/mideast-crisis-turkey-idINKCN0QT1EH20150824 (Reuters)]

;Business and economy

  • 2015 Chinese stock market crash
  • Stock markets around the world fall as a result of fears about China's economy with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling by 1000 points at the opening of trading on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Index closes down 588.40 points, or 3.6 percent. [http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/business/dealbook/stocks-in-asia-fall-as-china-and-emerging-economies-lose-favor.html?referrer= (The New York Times)], [https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2015/aug/24/global-stocks-sell-off-deepens-as-panic-grips-markets-live (The Guardian)]
  • The South African rand hits an all-time low against the US dollar as a result of worries regarding China's economy. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34039265 (BBC)]
  • American utility Southern Company buys natural gas company AGL Resources for $12 billion. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/business/dealbook/southern-company-to-pay-12-billion-for-agl-resources.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 (The New York Times)]

;Disasters and accidents

;International relations

;Law and crime

  • South Africa convicts Czech fugitive Radovan Krejčíř of kidnapping, attempted murder, and drug dealing charges. [http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/top-cop-welcomes-krejcir-guilty-verdict-1.1904924#.Vdth_BYqbwg (The Independent Online)]
  • La Linea corruption case
  • Former Vice President of Guatemala Roxana Baldetti appears in court to face corruption charges as finance minister Dorval Carías resigns. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34047802 (BBC)], [https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/25/us-guatemala-corruption-idUSKCN0QU09020150825 (Reuters)]

;Politics and elections

;Science and technology

  • Jakobshavn Glacier sheds and creates an iceberg 12.4 square km in size. [https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34041531 (BBC)]

;Sports

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