Portal:Current events/2017 December 27
December 27, 2017
(
2017-12-27
)
(Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
War in Donbass
,
Minsk II
Ukraine
exchanges hundreds of prisoners with the
Donetsk People's Republic
and
Luhansk People's Republic
.
(BBC)
Perekrestok supermarket bombing
A bomb goes off in a supermarket in the
Russian
city of
Saint Petersburg
, injuring at least 10 people. Police say they are treating the blast as an attempted terror attack. Social media accounts linked to ISIL have claimed responsibility.
(Reuters)
International relations
Israel–United States relations
Israel
's Transportation Minister
Yisrael Katz
says that the new underground railroad terminal in the
Jewish Quarter
in the
Old City
of
Jerusalem
(part of
East Jerusalem
) will be named in honor of U.S. President
Donald Trump
.
(
Jerusalem Post
)
Positions on Jerusalem
The
Iranian Parliament
votes 207–0 to declare
Jerusalem
the "everlasting capital" of
Palestine
.
(
The Times of Israel
)
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North Korea
is building its first operational
ballistic missile submarine
on an “accelerated schedule,” according to the
US-Korea Institute of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
.
(
The Christian Science Monitor
)
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