Portal:Current events/2016 November 7
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November 7, 2016 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
- Battle of Mosul (2016–2017), Hamam al-Alil massacre
- Iraqi Army discover at least 100 beheaded bodies as they retake Hamam al-Alil, the last major settlement south of Mosul. (CNN)
- Battle of Mosul (2016–2017), Hamam al-Alil massacre
- Somali Civil War
- Fighting between militias in Galkayo, Somalia, leaves at least 29 dead. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- Schools in Delhi and New Delhi close after smog reach toxic levels. The air quality index is 999 with 500 rated as hazardous. (Quartz), (CNN)
- Floods in Vietnam kill at least 15. (Reuters)
International relations
- Reunification of Cyprus
- The leaders of northern and southern Cyprus meet in Switzerland to restart talks about reuniting the island. (BBC)
Law and crime
- The armed group Abu Sayyaf kidnaps a German national and murders his female companion off the coast of Mindanao in the Philippines. (Deutsche Welle)
- A Cambodian opposition senator is sentenced to 7 years in prison for a post on Facebook. (Voice of America)
Politics and elections
- Youngspiration
- Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching are banned by China from taking office in Hong Kong over the oath-taking controversy. (Bloomberg)
- Protesters in Malaysia attempt to shut down the Malaysiakini newspaper which has been at the center of opposition towards Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak. (The Guardian)
- Filipino senator Leila de Lima files a lawsuit against Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte in the country's Supreme Court seeking to stop the president from gathering, and making public, information about her private life. (The Washington Post)
- Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili resigns as governor of the Ukrainian region of Odesa, citing corruption in Odesa as the main reason. (The New York Times)