A day after the second round of parliamentary elections closes, militants attack a hotel housing
election judges in the provincial capital of
al-Arish in
Egypt'sNorth Sinai. At least seven people are killed and 12 others injured, including two judges. The Islamic State's
Wilayat Sinai branch claims responsibility.
(Reuters)(Eyewitness News)
TurkishF-16 fighter jets shoot down a
RussianSukhoi Su-24 aircraft that had allegedly infringed its airspace near the
Syrian border. Russia's
Ministry of Defence denies the Su-24 entered Turkish airspace and initially said it was shot down by ground fire over Syria's
Latakia Governorate. A video emerged of one pilot killed as local
rebelTurkmen fighters shot at him while he was parachuting and a video of his body, while the fate of the other pilot is unknown but is presumed dead. A combat search and rescue mission by Russian forces failed to reach them. It is the first time a
NATO member has shot down a Russian plane since the 1950s.
(Irish Independent)(BBC)(The Telegraph)
A
Russian military helicopter is destroyed on the ground by a
U.S.TOW missile used by Syrian rebels after it was forced to make an emergency landing in northern
Latakia.
(Reuters)
Russian President
Vladimir Putin says there will be “serious consequences” for
Russia–Turkey relations following
Turkey's actions, and describes the incident as a "stab in the back by the accomplices of terrorists”. Russian government agencies began limiting Russian tourists from traveling to Turkey.
(Independent)
Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warns everyone to "respect the right of Turkey to defend its borders," says that the reason why worse incidents have not taken place in the past regarding
Syria is because of the "cool-headedness of Turkey" and stresses that Turkey's actions are fully in line with the new rules of engagement that the country adopted after Syria
shot down a Turkish jet in 2012.
(BBC)
Turkish Prime Minister
Ahmet Davutoğlu defends the action saying Turkey has the right "to take all kinds of measures" against border violations as a "national duty," but that it did not amount to an aggression against any foreign territory and the country called for
NATO to hold an extraordinary meeting later in the day.
(AFP via The Express Tribune)
UN aid chief
Stephen O’Brien accuses Houthi militia of blocking and diverting deliveries of aid to
Taiz city where some 200,000 people are living under siege.
(Gulf News)
The
National Assembly of Vietnam unanimously passes the law, which will take effect in 2017 as part of the revised civil code, that recognizes and allows gender reassignment surgery.
(ABC News)
A 15-year-old boy from
Liberia'sPaynesville district, who tested positive for
Ebola last week, dies of the disease at a treatment center near the capital,
Monrovia, just over 11 weeks after the
World Health Organization (WHO) declared the country free of the virus. The boy's father and brother, who also tested positive, are at the center; his mother and two other siblings were admitted for observation. In addition, 160 people who came in direct contact with the boy, are being monitored.
(Reuters)(BBC)(AP via ABC News)
Sweden will introduce tighter
border controls and asylum rules in a bid to reduce the number of asylum seekers entering the country. Sweden expects up to 190,000 asylum seekers to reach its borders this year and says its reception system cannot cope. "The situation is untenable", according to Swedish
prime ministerStefan Löfven who told reporters, "to put it bluntly, more people will have to seek asylum and get protection in other European countries".
(Reuters)
A bomb blast at the Hellenic Business Federation offices in central
Athens,
Greece, damages the
Cypriot Embassy across the street. While there is yet no claim for responsibility the authorities suspect a domestic
guerrilla group set off the blast.
(Reuters)
Chicago,
Illinois police officer Jason Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder for the October 2014 shooting death of
Laquan McDonald, a 17-year-old boy armed with a 3-inch knife. The charge comes shortly before the release of the police video showing the shooting. Chicago Mayor
Rahm Emanuel meets with community leaders to discuss the video’s release and the potential ramifications for the city.
(CNN)
Minneapolis, Minnesota (U.S.)
police arrest three men suspected of involvement in Monday's shooting of five people, with non-life-threatening gunshot injuries, who had been
protesting the recent police killing of
Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old
African-American man. Protesters, who had been told to watch out for
white supremacists wearing masks or camouflage clothing, said that the shooting occurred after a group of people — three men and a woman, all wearing ski masks — were seen filming the protest. The two officers involved in Mr. Clark's shooting are on paid leave during the investigations, including one by the
Justice Department'scivil rights division.
(Washington Post)(Washington Post update)
A day after the second round of parliamentary elections closes, militants attack a hotel housing
election judges in the provincial capital of
al-Arish in
Egypt'sNorth Sinai. At least seven people are killed and 12 others injured, including two judges. The Islamic State's
Wilayat Sinai branch claims responsibility.
(Reuters)(Eyewitness News)
TurkishF-16 fighter jets shoot down a
RussianSukhoi Su-24 aircraft that had allegedly infringed its airspace near the
Syrian border. Russia's
Ministry of Defence denies the Su-24 entered Turkish airspace and initially said it was shot down by ground fire over Syria's
Latakia Governorate. A video emerged of one pilot killed as local
rebelTurkmen fighters shot at him while he was parachuting and a video of his body, while the fate of the other pilot is unknown but is presumed dead. A combat search and rescue mission by Russian forces failed to reach them. It is the first time a
NATO member has shot down a Russian plane since the 1950s.
(Irish Independent)(BBC)(The Telegraph)
A
Russian military helicopter is destroyed on the ground by a
U.S.TOW missile used by Syrian rebels after it was forced to make an emergency landing in northern
Latakia.
(Reuters)
Russian President
Vladimir Putin says there will be “serious consequences” for
Russia–Turkey relations following
Turkey's actions, and describes the incident as a "stab in the back by the accomplices of terrorists”. Russian government agencies began limiting Russian tourists from traveling to Turkey.
(Independent)
Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warns everyone to "respect the right of Turkey to defend its borders," says that the reason why worse incidents have not taken place in the past regarding
Syria is because of the "cool-headedness of Turkey" and stresses that Turkey's actions are fully in line with the new rules of engagement that the country adopted after Syria
shot down a Turkish jet in 2012.
(BBC)
Turkish Prime Minister
Ahmet Davutoğlu defends the action saying Turkey has the right "to take all kinds of measures" against border violations as a "national duty," but that it did not amount to an aggression against any foreign territory and the country called for
NATO to hold an extraordinary meeting later in the day.
(AFP via The Express Tribune)
UN aid chief
Stephen O’Brien accuses Houthi militia of blocking and diverting deliveries of aid to
Taiz city where some 200,000 people are living under siege.
(Gulf News)
The
National Assembly of Vietnam unanimously passes the law, which will take effect in 2017 as part of the revised civil code, that recognizes and allows gender reassignment surgery.
(ABC News)
A 15-year-old boy from
Liberia'sPaynesville district, who tested positive for
Ebola last week, dies of the disease at a treatment center near the capital,
Monrovia, just over 11 weeks after the
World Health Organization (WHO) declared the country free of the virus. The boy's father and brother, who also tested positive, are at the center; his mother and two other siblings were admitted for observation. In addition, 160 people who came in direct contact with the boy, are being monitored.
(Reuters)(BBC)(AP via ABC News)
Sweden will introduce tighter
border controls and asylum rules in a bid to reduce the number of asylum seekers entering the country. Sweden expects up to 190,000 asylum seekers to reach its borders this year and says its reception system cannot cope. "The situation is untenable", according to Swedish
prime ministerStefan Löfven who told reporters, "to put it bluntly, more people will have to seek asylum and get protection in other European countries".
(Reuters)
A bomb blast at the Hellenic Business Federation offices in central
Athens,
Greece, damages the
Cypriot Embassy across the street. While there is yet no claim for responsibility the authorities suspect a domestic
guerrilla group set off the blast.
(Reuters)
Chicago,
Illinois police officer Jason Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder for the October 2014 shooting death of
Laquan McDonald, a 17-year-old boy armed with a 3-inch knife. The charge comes shortly before the release of the police video showing the shooting. Chicago Mayor
Rahm Emanuel meets with community leaders to discuss the video’s release and the potential ramifications for the city.
(CNN)
Minneapolis, Minnesota (U.S.)
police arrest three men suspected of involvement in Monday's shooting of five people, with non-life-threatening gunshot injuries, who had been
protesting the recent police killing of
Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old
African-American man. Protesters, who had been told to watch out for
white supremacists wearing masks or camouflage clothing, said that the shooting occurred after a group of people — three men and a woman, all wearing ski masks — were seen filming the protest. The two officers involved in Mr. Clark's shooting are on paid leave during the investigations, including one by the
Justice Department'scivil rights division.
(Washington Post)(Washington Post update)