Portal:Current events/2016 August 27

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

• Paraguayan People's Army insurgency
• At least eight Paraguayan Army soldiers are killed in an ambush by suspected Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) insurgents, near the village of Arroyito, in northern Paraguay. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37206562 (BBC)]
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
• Suspected Kurdish militants fire rockets at Diyarbakır Airport in Diyarbakır, Turkey. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-kurds-airport-idUSKCN1120TS?il=0 (Reuters)]

;Disasters and accidents

• A fire at a warehouse in Moscow, Russia, kills at least 17 people, all migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan. The Investigative Committee of Russia, which reports directly to President Vladimir Putin, says a criminal inquiry has been launched. [http://www.rferl.org/content/deaths-in-moscow-warehouse-fire/27949394.html (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)]

;Politics and elections

• Northern Territory general election, 2016
• The opposition Australian Labor Party defeats the governing Country Liberal Party in a landslide, reducing the CLP to just two seats. [https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/aug/27/its-a-thumping-labor-wins-northern-territory-election (The Guardian)]

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