Portal:Current events/2017 March 20
March 20, 2017
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2017-03-20
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
A car bomb in
Baghdad
's southwestern
Hayy Al-A'amel
neighborhood kills at least 23 people, and wounds 45 others.
(AP via Fox News)
Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian Civil War
,
March 2017 Israel–Syria incident
The
Syrian Army
shoots down an
Israel Defense Forces
(IDF)
Skylark
drone over
Syria
's
Quneitra Governorate
.
(
The Times of Israel
)
Disasters and accidents
A large tree falls into a pool at the base of the
Kintampo waterfalls
in
Ghana
, killing at least 18 people and injuring 22 others.
(Al Jazeera)
2017 South Supreme Airlines Antonov An-26 crash
An
Antonov An-26
of
South Supreme Airlines
crashes upon landing at
Wau Airport
, South Sudan, the 43 people on board survived.
(
The Aviation Herald
)
(CNN)
Politics and elections
East Timorese presidential election, 2017
Elections are held in
East Timor
to vote for the nation's 4th
President
.
Francisco Guterres
, runner-up in the
2007
and
2012
elections, is expected to win due to the support of
Xanana Gusmão
.
(
The Sydney Morning Herald
)
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
The
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
holds a hearing about Russian interference in the
2016 election
and confirms that there is an ongoing investigation into ties between Trump's team and Russia.
(
The Washington Post
)
Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination
The
Senate Judiciary Committee
begins hearings on the nomination of Judge
Neil M. Gorsuch
to the
Supreme Court of the United States
.
(CNN)
Brexit
British Prime Minister
Theresa May
announces that her government will trigger
article 50
, which begins the process of
withdrawing
from the
European Union
, on March 29.
(
The Guardian
)
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