Portal:Current events/2017 April 15

Current events of April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian Civil War
  • 2017 Rashidin bombing
    • A car bomb strikes a convoy of buses near Aleppo which were carrying evacuees from the pro-government towns of Al-Fu'ah and Kafriya. At least 39 people are killed. (BBC)
• South Sudanese Civil War
  • At least 16 people are killed amid fresh fighting in Raga, according to a SPLM-IO spokesperson. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that over 60 humanitarian aid workers were forced to flee. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Flash flooding caused by torrential rain leaves at least 17 people dead and 20 others missing in northwestern Iran, according to state television. (Al Jazeera)

Deaths

• Emma Morano, the last survivor of the 19th century, dies at the age of 117.