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Current events of
May 8, 2016
(
2016-05-08
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Sinai insurgency
Gunmen kill eight
policemen
in an ambush outside
Cairo
. The attack is claimed by
Islamic State
.
(CNN)
(Reuters)
(BBC)
Terrorism in Saudi Arabia
A
policeman
is killed in a shootout with militants in
Taif
,
Saudi Arabia
.
(Reuters)
(FOX News)
Syrian Civil War
Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
,
Turkey–ISIL conflict
Turkish shelling kills 55
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
insurgents in northern
Syria
in retaliation for rocket attacks on
Kilis
, a
Turkish
border town.
(Reuters)
(Daily Progress)
Three Spanish journalists
were released after being abducted around
Aleppo
, Syria, and held hostage by the
Al-Nusra Front
since 13 July 2015.
(The Telegraph (UK))
Disasters and accidents
At least 73 people are killed in a collision between two buses and a
fuel tanker
in
Ghazni Province
,
Afghanistan
.
(BBC)
(USA Today)
At least 41 people are missing in
Taining County
of
China
's
Fujian
province after a landslide hits a construction workers dormitory.
(BBC)
International relations
North Korean
leader
Kim Jong-un
rules out a nuclear
first strike
unless North Korea's sovereignty is violated.
(NPR)
Law and crime
War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
Afghan officials hang six
Taliban
prisoners.
(Washington Post)
Unidentified gunmen shoot dead
Khurram Zaki
, a
Pakistani
rights activist known for speaking out against the
Taliban
.
(VOA News)
Politics and elections
Australian federal election, 2016
Prime Minister
of
Australia
Malcolm Turnbull
has called a historic
double dissolution
election with both houses of
Parliament
being dissolved and an election to be held on July 2.
(ABC News)
Gou Zhongwen
replaces the disgraced
Lu Xiwen
as the
Deputy Party Secretary
of
Beijing
.
(Wen Wei Po)
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