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Portal:Current events/2015 June 6

June 6, 2015 (2015-06-06) (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
  • Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
    • Saudi Arabia shoots down a Scud missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen according to Saudi State media. (Reuters)
    • At least four Saudi Arabian Army soldiers and "dozens of" Yemeni Republican Guard are killed in fighting near the border, according to Saudi government. (AFP via France 24)
  • War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
    • The Taliban launches a major offensive in the Yamgan District of Badakhshan Province with hundreds of militants involved. (AP)
  • War in Donbass
    • The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko claims that his forces have repelled an attack on the town of Marinka and captured 12 rebels including one Russian. (BBC)
  • Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel
    • For the second time this week, a rocket fired from Gaza lands in Israel. There were no immediate reports of injuries, or claims of responsibility. (Times of Israel)
Disasters and accidents
  • Ships from the British and German navies are dispatched to rescue thousands of migrants stranded in the Mediterranean Sea. (CNN)
Health
International relations
Law and crime
Politics and elections
  • The President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir swears in a new Cabinet after having been sworn in for a five-year term earlier in the week. (al-Arabiya)
Sports
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