Portal:Current events/2016 October 9

October 9, 2016 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
- A suspected PKK car bomb kills at least 17 people, and injures 27 others in Turkey's southeast Hakkâri Province. (The Independent)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015–present)
- A shooting takes place in Jerusalem that kills two people, including a police officer, injuring six others. The attack was carried out by a Palestinian gunman who opened fire from a vehicle on people waiting at a train station and then the nearby police headquarters in Jerusalem. Israeli police kill the gunman. (BBC)
Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
- The United States Navy's destroyer USS Mason comes under missile attack in the Red Sea, off the coast of Yemen. The two missiles, fired from Yemeni territory controlled by Iranian-backed Houthis, impacted the water well before reaching the ship, according to Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

Pope Francis announces the upcoming creation of 17 new Cardinals; 13 of them will be under the age of 80 and thus able to vote in a future papal conclave to select the new Pope. (The Vatican Information Service)

Disasters and accidents

An Afghan Armed Forces Mi-17 helicopter crashes in northern Afghanistan with all seven people onboard, four crewmen and three passengers, dying. (AFP via The Bangkok Post)
A man driving the wrong way on Interstate 89 in Williston, Vermont, kills five people, all local high school juniors. (The Burlington Free Press), (AP via Fox News)

Law and crime

2016 Ethiopian protests
- Ethiopia's government declares a six-month state of emergency amid continuing protests, especially in the restive Oromia Region. (BBC)

Politics and elections

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