Portal:Current events/2017 November 26
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November 26, 2017 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- Russian airstrikes hit residential buildings in the ISIS-held village of Al-Shafah in Deir Ezzor province, killing at least 53 civilians, including 21 children. (Japan Times)
Disasters and accidents
- A large factory explosion in Ningbo, China, kills at least 2 people and injures more than 30. (BBC)
- Popocatépetl volcano continues to erupt in Mexico. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2017 Tehreek-e-Labaik protest
- Pakistan's government calls for troops to be deployed in the capital, Islamabad, after violence breaks out during protests by Islamists that were organized by the Tehreek-e-Labaik. (BBC)
- Honduran general election, 2017
- Voters in Honduras go to the polls to elect a president for the country, with current President Juan Orlando Hernández running for a second term, marking the first time a sitting president sought reelection. (Al Jazeera)
- Nepalese legislative election, 2017
- Voters in Nepal go to the polls for the first phase of an election to choose members for the House of Representatives and Parliament. (BBC)
- 2017 United States political sexual scandals
- John Conyers stands down as the ranking Democrat on the United States House Committee on the Judiciary following a series of sexual harassment allegations. (The Globe and Mail)