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Portal:Current events/2016 November 29

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Somali Civil War (2009–present)
  • A bomb kills at least 4 Somali soldiers and another 11 are injured. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-security-idUSKBN13O225?il=0 (Reuters)]
  • November 2016 Butig clash
  • Almost 2,000 families are displaced in Mindanao region of the Philippines due to clashes between government forces and Islamist militants. [http://www.rappler.com/nation/153901-displaced-butig-lanao-del-sur-maute-terror-group (Rappler)]
  • Kashmir conflict
  • Nagrota army base attack
  • Militants launch an attack on an Indian Army base in the town of Nagrota. At least 7 soldiers and 3 insurgents die in the attack. [https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/11/29/world/asia/ap-as-kashmir.html?_r=0 (AP via New York Times)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir-attacks-idUSKBN13O0KX?il=0 (Reuters)] [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/3-Army-personnel-killed-in-terror-attack-on-Nagrota-artillery-unit-near-Jammu/articleshow/55684785.cms (The Times of India)]
  • Syrian Civil War
  • Aleppo offensive (November 2016)
  • At least ten people are killed and others were injured during air strikes on Aleppo's Bab al-Nairab neighborhood. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-airstrikes-idUSKBN13O15S?il=0 (Reuters)]
  • Government forces and their allies announce plans to capture the remainder of Aleppo before American President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKBN13O1SU (Reuters)]
  • The U.S. releases a report on the coalition's September 2016 Deir ez-Zor air raid on the Syrian Army, blaming the Syrian troops for their misidentification as Islamic State troops due to them allegedly "not wearing recognizable military uniforms or carrying identifying flags." [http://guardian.ng/news/errors-led-to-coalition-strike-on-syria-forces-pentagon/ (The Guardian)]
  • Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
  • Security forces kill at least 10 PKK insurgents in Şırnak. [http://aa.com.tr/en/todays-headlines/29-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-in-se-turkey-operations/695740 (Anadolu Agency)]
  • War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
  • Taliban officials make an offer to protect national interests such as copper mines and an international gas pipeline to assist the development of Afghanistan. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/taliban-offers-security-copper-gas-projects-161129131200604.html (Al Jazeera)]
  • Pakistani security forces kill five militants during a joint operation in Sibi District of Balochistan. [http://www.dawn.com/news/1299411/five-suspected-militants-killed-in-balochistans-sibi (Dawn)]

;Arts and culture

  • The Israeli ultra-orthodox party Shas proposes a bill that would thwart the mixed prayer area at Western Wall by placing the site under the jurisdiction of the Chief Rabbinate; if approved, a NIS 10,000 fine would be given to those engaging in male-female prayer or women wrapping themselves in the traditional talit or laying tefillin. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4885677,00.html (Ynetnews)]

;Disasters and accidents

  • LaMia Airlines Flight 2933
  • A chartered Avro RJ85 plane carrying at least 81 people, including the Chapecoense football team, crashes near Medellín, Colombia. Rescuers report at least six survivors have been found in the wreckage. The 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals are suspended. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38140981 (BBC)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20161129142343/http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/plane-with-brazilian-soccer-team-crashes-in-colombia/ar-AAkTcet?li=AAgfYrC (AP via MSN)] [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colombia-plane-crash-rescuers-find-survivors-brazilian-football-team-chapecoense-a7444926.html (The Independent)]
  • Semnan–Damghan train collision:
  • Iran's Roads Minister Abbas Akhoundi apologizes for deadly train crash in a live TV program. In the meantime, Iranian MPs are working on a plan to impeach Akhoundi for what they call his poor performance that led to the terrible incident. [https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2016/11/29/1253335/iranian-road-minister-apologizes-for-deadly-train-crash (Tasnim)]
  • Mohsen Pourseyyed Aqaei, Managing Director of the Iran's Railways resigned and his resignation was accepted by Akhoundi. [https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2016/11/27/1251715/iran-s-railroad-chief-resigns-over-fatal-train-crash (Tasnim)]
  • A collision between two trains in Gorj County, Romania, leaves one dead and another in critical condition. [https://www.realitatea.net/accident-feroviar-grav-in-gorj-un-mecanic-de-tren-a-murit_2008133.html (Realitatea)] [http://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/actualitate/accident-feroviar-grav-langa-targu-jiu-doua-trenuri-s-au-izbit-frontal.html (Stirileprotv.ro)]
  • 2016 Southeastern United States wildfires:
  • Gatlinburg, Tennessee, is evacuated as wildfires approach the city. Widespread property damage is reported. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/29/worst-possible-conditions-residents-flee-gaitlinburg-tenn-as-flames-lick-roads/ (Washington Post)]
  • A fire kills at least 12 people and another 22 were injured in Adana Province, Turkey. [http://aa.com.tr/en/turkey/dorm-fire-kills-12-in-southern-turkey/695816 (Anadolu Agency)] [http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2016/11/29/fire-breaks-out-in-girls-dorm-in-southern-turkey-11-students-and-one-worker-killed (Daily Sabah)] [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/eight-students-killed-in-fire-at-dormitory-in-turkeys-adana-report.aspx?pageID=238&nID=106726&NewsCatID=341 (Hürriyet Daily News)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-fire-idUSKBN13O2O9?il=0 (Reuters)]
  • An earth tremor in Europe's largest copper mine in southwestern Poland causes eight deaths. [http://news.trust.org/item/20161129232859-ecu3i/ (Reuters via Trust)]

;Law and crime

;Politics and elections

;Science and technology

  • Scientists say warm seas around Australia's Great Barrier Reef have killed two-thirds of a 435-mile stretch of coral in the past nine months. [http://mobile.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSKBN13O059 (Reuters)]

;Sport

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