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August 16, 2015
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2015-08-16
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2015 Douma market air strikes
,
Syrian Civil War
According to the
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
, a series of air-raids by the
Syrian Arab Air Force
on the
rebel
-held market town of
Douma
kills at least 110 people and leaves hundreds injured.
(BBC)
,
(
The International Business Times
)
,
(Reuters)
,
(Xinhua)
,
(Al Jazeera)
2014–15 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
,
Kashmir conflict
India
and
Pakistan
trade gunfire over the border in the disputed area of
Kashmir
leaving eight people killed in the past week.
(AP via Fox News)
Turkey–PKK conflict
A clash in
Turkey
's
Kars Province
kills a
Turkish Army
soldier and three
PKK
militants.
(
The Daily Star
via Reuters)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
ISIL militants execute 15 women in
Mosul
.
(Al-Manar)
A
parliamentary
report on the causation for
Mosul
's fall to ISIL with so little resistance includes former
Prime Minister of Iraq
Nouri al-Maliki
among dozens of officials named.
(
The Washington Post
)
Disasters and accidents
2015 Tianjin explosions
The death toll from the explosions rises to 112 with 95 people missing including 85 fire fighters.
(Reuters)
,
(Al Jazeera)
An
Indonesian
plane (
Trigana Air Service Flight 257
) with 54 people on board
goes missing
in
Papua
. There are later reports that the remains of the aircraft have been found in the
Oksibil
district.
(BBC)
,
(AFP via Yahoo)
Ecuador
declares a
state of emergency
over increased activity at the
Cotopaxi
volcano
near the capital of
Quito
. Its last major eruption was in 1877.
(BBC)
,
(Dalje.com)
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,
(Al Jazeera)
International relations
North Korea–South Korea relations
South Korea
establishes a surveillance center on its northernmost island of
Baengnyeongdo
to better deter
North Korean
threats.
(
The Korea Times
)
,
(Yonhap)
Politics and elections
Crowds gather throughout
Brazil
to demand the impeachment of
President
Dilma Rousseff
due to a bribery and corruption scandal involving senior members of the governing
Workers' Party
. Recent polls show her approval ratings below 10%.
(France 24)
Sports
2015 Netball World Cup
In
netball
,
Australia
defeats
New Zealand
58–55 in the final of the Netball World Cup in
Sydney
.
(Fox Sports Australia)
2015 PGA Championship
In
golf
,
Jason Day
of
Australia
wins the
PGA Championship
on the Straits Course of the
Whistling Straits
complex in the American village of
Kohler, Wisconsin
.
(ABC News Australia)
Day's 20-under-par is the lowest score in relation to par at a major championship, beating
Tiger Woods
' previous record of 19-under at the
2000 Open Championship
.
(ABC News Australia)
Jordan Spieth
of the
United States
finishes second and by doing so becomes the number-one-ranked golfer in the world ahead of
Rory McIlroy
of
Northern Ireland
.
(ABC News Australia)
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