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Portal:Current events/2019 February 27

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • 2019 India–Pakistan standoff
  • The Pakistani Air Force claims it has carried out six airstrikes in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, shooting down one Indian aircraft and capturing one pilot following a dogfight. Pakistani officials claimed that they have shot down two Indian Air Force (IAF) jets. Wreckage of one aircraft fell in Azad Kashmir while the other fell in Indian-administered Kashmir. Indian officials initially rejected that any of their aircraft was shot down and claimed that all of IAF pilots were accounted for. However, later on they acknowledge that one IAF Mig-21 has been shot down and its pilot was captured by the Pakistan Army. India officials also claimed to have shot down one Pakistani Air Force (PAF) jet that violated its airspace. However, Indian officials claim were rejected by Pakistani officials. [https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/02/27/pakistan-jets-violate-indian-air-space-kashmir-nowshera-drop-bombs.html (The Week (India))] [https://mobile.twitter.com/ndtv/status/1100656090805686272 (NDTV)][https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/pakistan-violates-indian-air-space-in-nowshera/article26383265.ece (The Hindu Business Line)][https://www.dawn.com/news/1466413 (Dawn News)]
  • An Indian Air Force Mi-17 transport helicopter crashes in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, killing all six IAF personnel onboard and a civilian on the ground. [https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/military-aircraft-crashes-in-jammu-and-kashmir-s-budgam-district/story-6SPgXbpkV7oc39JHSdM6lM.html (Hindustan Times)]
  • Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Israel–Russia relations
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells Russian President Vladimir Putin that Israel will "continue to take action against Iran in Syria". [https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-tells-putin-israel-will-continue-to-take-action-against-iran-in-syria/ (The Times of Israel)]

;Arts and culture

;Disasters and accidents

  • Ramses Station train collision
  • A train crash and subsequent fire kills at least 25 people at Ramses Station in Cairo, Egypt. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-47384443 (BBC News)]
  • Egyptian Transport Minister Hisham Arafat consequently resigns. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly accepts the resignation. [http://www.africanews.com/2019/02/27/egypt-at-least-25-killed-as-train-crashes-at-cairo-station/ (Africa News)]
  • 2019 Taplejung helicopter crash
  • A helicopter crashes in Taplejung, Nepal, killing 7 people, including Nepal's culture and tourism minister Rabindra Prasad Adhikari. [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/world/asia/nepal-helicopter-crash-tourism-minister.html (The New York Times)]
  • A suspected gas explosion in Taraz, Kazakhstan, kills three people in an apartment block. [https://www.rferl.org/a/explosion-kills-three-partially-destroys-residential-building-in-kazakhstan/29793630.html (RFERL)]
  • Disasters in Indonesia
  • A landslide hits an illegal gold mine in North Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia. An estimated 60 people are trapped underground as shafts give way, while three others are found dead. [https://news.sky.com/story/at-least-three-dead-and-dozens-buried-alive-in-indonesia-gold-mine-collapse-11649457 (Sky News)]

;International relations

;Law and crime

;Politics and elections

  • 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis
  • Juan Guaidó announces that he will exercise his "duties as president" when he returns to Venezuela from Colombia. Guaidó also stated that he did not see any signs of "broad support" from Russia towards Nicolás Maduro. [https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/27/us/venezuela-guaido-presidential-duties/index.html (CNN)], [https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2019/02/27/venezuelas-guaido-says-russia-not-propping-up-nicolas-maduro/#34d3ba656b91 (Forbes)]
  • Colombia asks for intervention from the United Nations to help end the crisis. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-colombia-un/colombia-calls-at-un-for-action-on-venezuela-crisis-idUSKCN1QG1FU (Reuters)]
  • Antisemitism in the UK Labour Party
  • Chris Williamson, a Labour MP, is suspended by his party over comments that Labour had "given too much ground" when responding to criticism over its handling of antisemitism within its ranks. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47393626 (BBC News)]

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