Portal:Current events/2016 November 7

November 7, 2016 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Somali Civil War
- Fighting between militias in Galkayo, Somalia, leaves at least 29 dead. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

Schools in Delhi and New Delhi close after smog reach toxic levels. The air quality index is 999 with 500 rated as hazardous. (Quartz), (CNN)
Floods in Vietnam kill at least 15. (Reuters)

International relations

Reunification of Cyprus
- The leaders of northern and southern Cyprus meet in Switzerland to restart talks about reuniting the island. (BBC)

Law and crime

The armed group Abu Sayyaf kidnaps a German national and murders his female companion off the coast of Mindanao in the Philippines. (Deutsche Welle)
A Cambodian opposition senator is sentenced to 7 years in prison for a post on Facebook. (Voice of America)

Politics and elections

Youngspiration
- Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching are banned by China from taking office in Hong Kong over the oath-taking controversy. (Bloomberg)
Protesters in Malaysia attempt to shut down the Malaysiakini newspaper which has been at the center of opposition towards Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak. (The Guardian)
Filipino senator Leila de Lima files a lawsuit against Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte in the country's Supreme Court seeking to stop the president from gathering, and making public, information about her private life. (The Washington Post)
Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili resigns as governor of the Ukrainian region of Odesa, citing corruption in Odesa as the main reason. (The New York Times)