Portal:Current events/2014 November 2

Current events of November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant: Over 300 members of the Sunni Albu Nimr tribe are executed by ISIS militants in Anbar Province, western Iraq. (Reuters via Al Arabiya) Libyan Civil War: The death toll surpasses 200 from fighting between loyalist troops and Islamist militias in Benghazi since an offensive launched by Khalifa Hifter began two weeks ago. (AP via ABC News) At least 60 people were killed and 110 injured by a suicide bombing in the Pakistani city of Lahore. (CNN) Abu Sayyaf guerillas kill six Philippine Army soldiers outside the town of Basilan. (AP viaWashington Post) An assault on a police barracks by suspected members of the Mombasa Republican Council separatist group leaves one officer and six attackers dead in Mombasa, Kenya. (Reuters) Gaza-Israel conflict: Hamas arrested five people on Sunday suspected of firing a rocket into Israel in violation of the truce. (Times of Israel) Law and crime Multiple people are arrested for their alleged involvement with a hit-and-run that killed three 13-year-old trick-or-treaters in Santa Ana, California, U.S. (Yahoo News) Politics and elections Romanian presidential election, 2014: More than 18 million Romanians are expected to go to the polls to choose their president in one of the most important elections since the 1989 revolution. (HotNews.ro) (EurActiv) Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta, from the rulling PSD, and the ethnic German mayor of Sibiu Klaus Iohannis, from the opposition ACL electoral alliance, will face a November 16 runoff, with the incumbent Social democrat premier favored to win. (BBC) 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: Voters in break away "people's republics" (Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic respectively) in Donetsk and Luhansk go to the polls for parliamentary and presidential elections. Rebel leaders Alexander Zakharchenko (Donetsk) and Igor Plotnisky (Luhansk) appear set for victory in early counting in elections which will be recognised in Russia but not elsewhere. International observers noted a very high turnout. (BBC)