Portal:Current events/2016 November 28

November 28, 2016 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War
- Aleppo offensive (November 2016)
  - Syrian government forces and Kurdish People's Protection Units capture more than a third of rebel-controlled eastern Aleppo. (BBC),(The New York Times)
  - Thousands of civilians escape to government- and Kurdish-controlled districts of the city following the recent conquests. The United Nations estimates more than 250,000 civilians may still be stuck in rebel-held parts of the city. (UPI)
- Turkish military intervention in Syria
  - Eleven ISIL militants are killed in airstrikes by the Turkish Air Force in Aleppo Governorate. (Anadolu Agency)
- Jabhat Fatah al-Sham and their allies leave Khan al-Shih through humanitarian passages to their stronghold in the Idlib Governorate, handing over their heavy weaponry and control of the city to Syrian forces. (South Front)
Somali Civil War (2009–present)
- Fighting between militia and Al-Shabaab militants has left at least 26 people dead. (GoobJoog)
Three UNHCR workers - one from Sudan and two from Nepal - are kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Geneina, the capital of the West Darfur state. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

A Canadian pilot is killed when his CF-18 fighter jet crashes near an army facility in Cold Lake, Alberta. (RT)
2016 Southeastern United States wildfires
- The Gatlinburg Fire Department orders the mandatory evacuation of downtown Gatlinburg, Tennessee, as several wildfires burn out of control in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. (USA Today)
LaMia Flight 2933, an Avro RJ85, crashes after running out of fuel at Cerro Gordo en route to Medellín, Colombia

Health

2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
- Texas confirms its first case of locally transmitted Zika virus by mosquitoes, becoming the second U.S. state to report a local transmission of the virus after Florida. The Texas Department of State Health Services says the case involves a woman living in Cameron County, who is not pregnant. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Ohio State University attack
- Eleven people are hospitalized, one in critical condition, after a suspect rammed his car into a crowd, and then stabbed numerous people on Ohio State's Columbus campus. Police have declared the scene secure. The suspect, a refugee from Somalia, and a student at the university, is shot and killed by a police officer after he failed to obey orders to stop. (CNN), (NBC News)
A group of German lawyers files a criminal complaint in Berlin against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for alleged war crimes committed by his forces and foreign allies during the Syrian Civil War. (Al Jazeera), (Anadolu Agency)
Harminder Singh Mintoo, a top commander in the Khalistan Liberation Force, is recaptured in Delhi following his dramatic escape yesterday from a high-security prison in Punjab. (Al Jazeera)
Dakota Access Pipeline protests
- North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple issues an executive order which expels thousands of Native American and environmental protesters who are camped on the federal property that is near the site of the oil pipeline project which they oppose, saying that the "emergency evacuation" is necessary to protect them from harsh winter conditions. (Reuters) (NBC News)

Politics and elections

Sport

2016 Summer Olympics
- Contractors and suppliers for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games claim they are owed millions in unpaid debts. (Bloomberg)