Portal:Current events/2016 August 15
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August 15, 2016 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni Civil War
- An air strike by the Saudi-led coalition which hit a hospital in northern Yemen run by Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) kills at least 11 people. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2016 Louisiana floods
- At least seven people have died and thousands have been rescued in the American state of Louisiana. President of the United States Barack Obama has declared a federal emergency in the state. (BBC), (NBC News)
- An Olympics aerial camera and its cables fall sixty-five feet, injuring seven people. (USA Today)
- Heavy rainfall causes multiple bus crashes that kill at least 40 people and injure 86 in the Kavrepalanchowk bus crashes. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane is convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice. (WCAU-TV)
- Former English Premier League player Dalian Atkinson dies after being tasered by police in Telford, Shropshire. (The Independent)
- New York authorities charge a man with second-degree murder in the deaths of a New York Muslim imam and his assistant. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- The Obama administration transfers 15 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United Arab Emirates. (BBC)