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Portal:Current events/2016 November 21

November 21, 2016 (2016-11-21) (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
  • Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
    • A largely ineffective 48-hour ceasefire comes to a head as both sides violate the terms of the armistice and continue clashing. At least 35 are killed, including 4 civilians. (Yahoo)
  • War in Afghanistan
    • November 2016 Kabul suicide bombing
      • At least 32 people are killed and another 80 injured in a suicide bombing at a Kabul Shia mosque. ISIL claims responsibility. (Reuters)
  • Boko Haram insurgency
  • Libyan Civil War
  • South Sudan Conflict
    • A detachment of Japanese troops land in South Sudan to aid in U.N. peacekeeping operations, Japan's first such action since World War II. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
Disasters and accidents
International relations
  • Russia–United States relations, APEC Peru 2016
  • NATO–Russia relations
    • Russia deploys its S-400 missile system in Kaliningrad, an exclave between Poland and Lithuania, in response to "NATO expansion" near its borders. The United States criticizes the move as "destabilizing" to Europe. Russia announced the planned deployment over a decade ago. (Reuters via Trust)
Law and crime
  • Philippine criminal law
    • Concern is raised by the United Nations and human rights groups after Rodrigo Duterte proposes a law that allows jailing children as young as nine for certain crimes. (AFP via MSN)
  • Corruption investigation of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
    • Testimony begins in a corruption case against former President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. (Miami Herald)
Politics and elections
Sports
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