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Portal:Current events/2016 January 6

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Second Libyan Civil War
  • The Islamic State's Libyan branch continues attacks on Libya's oil ports of Sidra and Ra's Lanuf, resulting in at least 10 security personnel deaths and 40 injured. The National Oil Corporation (NOC) reports that fires continue to rage in both Sidra and Ra's Lanuf after oil storage tanks were hit by shells. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/fires-sparked-isil-attacks-spread-libya-oil-ports-160106153753042.html (Al Jazeera)] [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-35248594 (BBC)]
  • Bahrain says it has dismantled a terrorist cell allegedly linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Lebanon's Hezbollah. [http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/bahrain-smashes-iran-linked-terror-cell (The National)]

;Arts and culture

;Business and economy

;International relations

  • 2016 North Korean nuclear test
  • A 5.1 magnitude earthquake near Sungjibaegam, North Korea, is suspected to be a nuclear explosion at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site. North Korea announces it has conducted a hydrogen bomb test. They claim to have tested a miniaturized bomb. If not true it would mean that the test partially failed. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-06/north-korea-earthquake-near-nuclear-test-site-could-be-blast/7070848 (AFP via ABC News Australia)] [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/148519e577cc4f5e99478c07213b2ad0/earthquake-detected-north-korea-not-clear-if-nuke-test (AP)] [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-06/magnitude-5-1-quake-detected-near-north-korea-nuclear-test-site (Bloomberg)] [https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/jan/06/north-korea-major-announcement-artificial-earthquake-nuclear-test-site-live (The Guardian)]
  • The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon demands that North Korea should cease any further nuclear activity. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-07/un-demands-north-korea-cease-further-nuclear-action/7072506 (ABC News Australia)]

;Law and crime

  • German police temporarily seal off the main entrance to the chancellery building because of a suspicious package. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-chancellory-idUSKBN0UK0UZ20160106 (Reuters)] [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/01/06/suspicious-object-merkel-office/78344530/ (AP via USA Today)] [http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2016/01/06/Merkel-s-office-sealed-off-due-to-suspicious-package.html (Al Arabia)]
  • Texas state trooper Brian Encinia is charged with perjury in connection with the death of Sandra Bland. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160108131914/http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/69787642-story (AP via Fox 32)]

;Sport

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