Portal:Current events/2017 May 20
May 20, 2017
(
2017-05-20
)
(Saturday)
edit
history
watch
Armed conflicts and attacks
Second Libyan Civil War
The death toll from
an attack
on a
Libyan National Army
-controlled airbase in southern
Libya
reportedly rises to 140 people.
(BBC)
Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping
82 of the female students recently released by
Boko Haram
reunite with their families in
Abuja
.
(
The Guardian
)
International relations
Saudi Arabia–United States relations
U.S. President
Donald Trump
arrives in
Saudi Arabia
, his first of three scheduled foreign trips. Trump signs
an arms deal
with
King
Salman
worth more than
US$
100 billion.
(Al Jazeera)
(ABC News)
U.S. President Trump is awarded his first foreign order, the
Order of King Abdulaziz
.
(
New York Times
)
China–United States relations
Former United States officials report that 18–20
Central Intelligence Agency
sources were killed or imprisoned by the
Government of China
between 2010 and 2012, which significantly hampered the
United States Intelligence Community
.
(
The New York Times
)
Enes Kanter
, a
Turkish
basketballer playing in the American
National Basketball Association
, is detained at
Henri Coandă International Airport
after his
Turkish passport
was cancelled.
(BBC)
Politics and elections
Iranian presidential election, 2017
Incumbent
President
Hassan Rouhani
is re-elected with 23.5 million votes, defeating
Ebrahim Raisi
who received 15.7 million votes.
(Al Jazeera)
(AP via ABC News)
2017 Venezuelan protests
Marking the
50th consecutive day of protests
, hundreds of thousands demonstrate throughout
Venezuela
against
President
Nicolás Maduro
, with civil unrest growing despite the increasing number of casualties.
(
The Guardian
)
Sport
In American
horse racing
,
Cloud Computing
wins the
2017 Preakness Stakes
in only his fourth race.
(Yahoo! Sports)
Month
May 2017
Previous day
May 19
Next day
May 21