Portal:Current events/2015 June 3

June 3, 2015 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- The Saudi Arabia led coalition launches airstrikes on military bases near the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (Reuters)
The Grozny Chechnya office of the Committee Against Torture NGO is attacked by masked men who came out of a crowd of protesters. They broke down the door and trashed the office. National Leader Ramzan Kadyrov speculated the attack could have been carried out by relatives of Dzhambulat Dadayev upset that the NGO which investigates torture did not lead protests of the shooting of Dadayev by law enforcement officers from another region. Moscow Times
War in Donbass
- Pro-Russian separatists launch an offensive to take Marinka, Ukraine, 5 kilometers from the separatist capital of Donetsk. At least 19 people have died in fighting. Ukrainian sources claimed at least 10 tanks took part in the battle. (AFP via Yahoo! News), (New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing
- The search continues for survivors of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing which sank on China's Yangtze River with 450 passengers on board. So far, 18 people have been confirmed dead with 14 people rescued. (CCTV via Twitter)
At least 11 people are killed in a fire at a filling station in the Ghanaian capital Accra. (Kasapa)

International relations

South Korea has successfully test fired two ballistic missiles that can hit all of North Korea. (AP)

Law and crime

2015 FIFA corruption case
- Interpol issues red notices linked to arrest warrants for two former FIFA officials Jack Warner and Nicolas Leoz and four executives. (Interpol via Twitter), (AP), (ITV)
- Former FIFA official Chuck Blazer admits to taking bribes in relation to bids for the 2010 and 1998 FIFA World Cups. (CNN)

Politics and elections