Portal:Current events/2016 November 6

• War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
  • An Australian woman has reportedly been kidnapped in Kabul. (ABC Online)
• Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
  • Suicide bombers strike in the cities of Tikrit and Samarra in Iraq, killing at least 21. (BBC) (Reuters) (Reuters via Daily Mail)
• At least 11 people are killed and 16 others are injured after a gunman opens fire on football fans watching an English Premier League game near Juba, South Sudan. (BBC)
• Syrian Civil War
  • Syrian Democratic Forces begin a campaign to recapture Al-Raqqah from ISIL. (AP)

• In an apparent rebuke against United States Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump, Pope Francis speaks a sermon in Spanish warning against "fear" and the "walls" that divide. (Washington Post)

• 2009–16 Oklahoma earthquake swarms
  • Buildings in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S., sustain damage from a moderate 5.0-magnitude earthquake. (ABC News)
• An explosion kills at least six people in Ivanovo, Russia. (RT)

• As many as 200 prisoners take over parts of HM Prison Bedford in Bedford, England, amid reports of a riot and explosions inside the Category B men's prison. (BBC)

• Aftermath of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016
  • British Prime Minister Theresa May says the House of Commons must accept Brexit. (The Guardian)
• Bulgarian presidential election, 2016
  • Voters in Bulgaria go to the polls for a presidential election, with exit polls showing no candidate receiving the majority necessary to win outright, and Rumen Radev and Tsetska Tsacheva likely to face one another in a run-off on 13 November. (AP)
• Nicaraguan general election, 2016
  • Voters in Nicaragua go to the polls for a general election with polls suggesting that the President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega will be elected for a third successive term. Ortega's wife Rosario Murillo is running to be the Vice President of Nicaragua.(AP)
  • Electoral council official says high turnout among 3.8 million registered voters. Later, opposition Broad Front for Democracy Party says there was a low turnout as citizens responded to the call for a boycott. (BBC) (AP via The Caledonian-Record)
• In Hong Kong, police clash with protesters after more than 10,000 locals march against the Chinese government interpretation of the Basic Law in the Legislative Council oath-taking controversy. (South China Morning Post)
• Hillary Clinton email controversy
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation chief James Comey tells the United States Congress that he has found no evidence of criminality by Hillary Clinton in relation to a new batch of emails. (CNN) (BBC)

• Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas
  • In boxing, Philippine Senator Manny Pacquiao defeats Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas to claim the World Boxing Organization's welterweight title. (The Guardian) (AAP via Yahoo! News)
• New York City Marathon
  • Mary Keitany of Kenya and Ghirmay Ghebreslassie of Eritrea win the 2016 New York City marathon. It is Keitany's third victory in the event and Ghebreslassie's first. (Pix)