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Portal:Current events/2018 November 18

November 18, 2018 (2018-11-18) (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
  • Boko Haram fighters loyal to ISIS attacked a military base in the Nigerian town of Metele, killing at least 118 soldiers while at least 153 others were missing after the attack, the militants also seized tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, weapons, and ammunition (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
International relations
Law and crime
  • Myanmar police fire warning shots at a crowd of Rohingya Muslims after arresting two human smugglers at a camp for displaced persons near Sittwe, Rakhine State. Four people are injured directly by the gunfire, prompting the U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator to call for "calm and restraint". (Reuters) (VOA News)
Politics and elections
  • A planned transgender rights rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, is attacked by far-right radicals. (CBC News)
  • Central American migrant caravans
    • Hundreds of residents take to the streets in the Mexican city Tijuana, in protest of the arrival of thousands of migrants trying to get to the United States. (BBC)
Sports
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