Portal:Current events/2017 June 16

• June 2017 Jerusalem attack
  • In two simultaneous attacks near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, an Israeli policewoman is fatally stabbed; the three Palestinian assailants are shot dead. ISIL claims were questioned by Israeli authorities. As well, the PFLP and Hamas claim it was their members who did it. (Reuters)
• Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
  • The Russian Ministry of Defence says its forces may have killed ISIL's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an airstrike, south of Raqqa on 28 May, and currently is seeking confirmation. (The Independent)

• Whole Foods Market
  • Amazon agrees to buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion. The takeover deal is expected to be completed in the second half of the year. (BBC)

• Russia–United States relations, Iran–United States relations
  • The United States Senate passed by an overwhelming majority a bill ramping-up sanctions against Russia and against Iran. Language in the measure also reaffirms United States' commitment to NATO. (The Washington Post)
• Djibouti–Eritrea relations
  • Djiboutian foreign minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf accuses Eritrea of occupying the disputed Doumeira Islands and Ras Doumeira peninsula after Qatari peacekeepers withdrew from the area. (Al Jazeera)
• Cuba–United States relations
  • U.S. President Donald Trump announces new restrictions on travel and business with Cuba, reversing policies of Cuban Thaw, implemented during the tenure of President Barack Obama. (CNN)

• Shooting of Philando Castile
  • Jeronimo Yanez, the police officer previously accused of manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm at Philando Castile, is acquitted of all charges. (NBC News)

• Lorde - Melodrama

• Politics of Germany
  • Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl dies at the age of 87. (BBC)
• Business career of Donald Trump
  • The U.S. Office of Government Ethics certifies President Donald Trump's financial report which discloses over $315.6 million in personal liabilities and exceeding $1.4 billion in assets as of mid-2017, for revenues of more than $594 million over 2016 and early 2017. (Reuters)