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January 12, 2016
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2016-01-12
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Armed conflicts and attacks
January 2016 Istanbul bombing
At least 10 people are killed and 15 injured, mostly
German
tourists, following an explosion in
Istanbul
's
Sultanahmet Square
. A
Syrian
suicide bomber
, an
ISIL
member, is responsible, according to
Turkish Prime Minister
Ahmet Davutoğlu
.
(Nine MSN)
(BBC)
(Reuters via Sky News Australia)
(
The New York Times
)
(CNN)
Sixty alleged Islamic militants are arrested in
Turkey
with twenty one people arrested in the city of
Sanliurfa
.
(ITV)
Syrian Civil War
Latakia offensive (2015-present)
The
Syrian Army
, backed by
Russian
airstrikes, retakes control of the strategic town of
Salma
in the northern
Latakia Governorate
. The town had been mostly under rebel (
FSA
) and jihadist (
Al-Nusra Front
) control since 2012.
(AFP via Yahoo!)
United Nations War Crimes Commission
investigators are gathering information about conditions in the western town of
Madaya
, where an aid convoy just brought the first food and medical relief for three months. The city has been under a siege by
Syrian government forces
since July.
Doctors Without Borders
is treating 250 people with
severe acute malnutrition
.
(Reuters)
(Médecins Sans Frontières)
Boko Haram insurgency
Boko Haram
militants shoot and kill 7 people and burn down 10 houses in
Madagali
,
Adamawa
.
(ENCA)
Arts and Culture
A
Bronze Age
village is discovered in
Cambridgeshire
,
United Kingdom
.
(BBC)
Business and economy
Junior doctors
in the
United Kingdom
go on strike over a proposed new contract.
(BBC)
Disasters and accidents
2016 Pacific hurricane season
Hurricane Pali
becomes the earliest
hurricane
on record in the central
Pacific Ocean
. It is currently no threat to land.
(Weather Channel)
Five people are dead and 65 people are injured after trucks carrying garment workers crash in
Cambodia
's
Kampong Speu Province
.
(
Today Online
)
An
Iranian Air Force
F-4 Phantom II
fighter jet crashes near the southeast port city of
Konarak
while on a training mission, killing both the pilot and co-pilot.
(RT)
International relations
Kuwait
sentences two people to death for spying for
Iran
and
Hezbollah
.
(Al-Arabiyah)
In accordance with a major point of a
nuclear agreement
reached with
several world powers
,
Iran
removed a plutonium core and filled with concrete the
Arak nuclear reactor
, setting the stage for the removal of
sanctions against Iran
.
(
Washington Post
)
Iran–United States relations
Iran
seizes the crew of two small
United States Navy
boats near
Farsi Island
, in the
Persian Gulf
, after they had allegedly entered Iranian waters. Pentagon spokesman,
Peter Cook
, told
Associated Press
that Iran has assured the
United States
that the crew and vessels will be returned promptly.
(AP)
North Korea–United States relations
,
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
The
United States House of Representatives
votes overwhelmingly in favor of legislation to tighten sanctions on
North Korea
in response to the North's
latest nuclear test
.
(
The Hill
)
Law and crime
Anti-corruption campaign in China
Li Dongsheng
, a former Vice Minister of China's
Ministry of Public Security
, is jailed for 15 years for corruption.
(Reuters)
Saudi Arabia
arrests
Samar Badawi
, a human rights activist who received the
International Women of Courage Award
from the
United States
in 2012. Badawi is to appear in court on Wednesday, according to
Amnesty International
. Both her brother,
Raif Badawi
, publisher of the "Free Saudi Liberals" blog, and former husband,
Waleed Sami Abulkhair
, are currently imprisoned.
(CNN)
(Amnesty International)
(
The Guardian
)
Science and technology
Windows 8
along with
Internet Explorer
versions 8, 9 and 10 are now officially unsupported by Microsoft.
(
Forbes
)
Sport
The
St. Louis Rams
and potentially
San Diego Chargers
are approved for relocation to
Los Angeles
by a 30-2 NFL Vote.
(NFL)
(
Los Angeles Times
)
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