Portal:Current events/2015 November 28

Current events of November 28, 2015 (2015-11-28) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• At least three people are killed in an attack on a United Nations peacekeeping base in Kidal, northern Mali. The jihadist group Ansar Dine claims responsibility. (Euronews), (AFP via Yahoo! News)
• Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–present)
  • At least four Egyptian police officers are killed in a drive-by shooting in Saqqara, south of Cairo. (BBC)
• Turkey–PKK conflict
  • Tahir Elçi, a pro-Kurdish lawyer, is shot dead at a press conference in the city of Diyarbakir as clashes break out between Turkish security forces and PKK militants. (Bloomberg via Washington Today)

International relations

• 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown, Russia–Turkey relations
  • A day after Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had harsh words for Russia, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, in an essay in the Times of London, says the downing of the Russian jet, "was not -- and is not -- an act against a specific country. ... While the measures to defend our territory will remain in place, Turkey will work with Russia and our allies to calm tensions." (CNN) (Times of London)
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree imposing economic sanctions on Turkey. The sanctions include a ban on charter flights from Russia to Turkey, that Russian tour operators should stop selling trips to Turkey, and that imports of some Turkish products are to be halted. (Irish Times)
• South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports North Korea appears to conduct a submarine-launched ballistic missile test that ended in failure with no indication that the missile successfully ejected from the vessel and took off. (Reuters)
• European migrant crisis
  • Macedonia's Army begins erecting a metal fence on its southern border with Greece. Around 250 migrants later clash with Macedonian police on the border. (CNBC), (AP)
• Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2015
  • The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Malta calls for an ambitious and legally binding outcome at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
  • The United Kingdom will host the next CHOGM meeting in 2018 as Vanuatu, which was to host the meeting, had its infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Pam earlier in the year. (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Law and crime

• 2015 Colorado Springs shooting
  • Colorado Springs Police Chief Peter Carey says all nine of the injured - five police officers and four civilians - are listed in good condition at area hospitals. (Reuters)