Portal:Current events/2017 September 11
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September 11, 2017 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sinai insurgency
- Militants ambush a police convoy in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula killing 18 police and wounding seven others. (AP)
- Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–17)
- Russia sends 175 demining combat engineers to defuse mines in Deir ez-Zor Governorate. (Reuters)
- Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–17)
Arts and culture
- Monkey selfie copyright dispute
- PETA and David Slater settle the monkey selfie copyright dispute. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- Rail accidents in 2017
- Two trains collide in Andermatt railway station in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland, injuring around 30 people. (Reuters)
International relations
- Aurora 17
- Sweden starts its largest military exercise in over 20 years. Nearly 20,000 troops are set to participate, including a contingent of over 1,000 U.S. soldiers. The drills will take place on and around the island of Gotland, including soldiers from NATO countries. (AP)
- 2017 North Korea crisis, United Nations Security Council Resolution 2375
- The United Nations Security Council approves new sanctions on North Korea, limiting refined petroleum imports and banning textile exports, in response to its recent nuclear test. (Bloomberg)
Law and crime
- Crime in Belgium
- Mouscron mayor Alfred Gadenne is found dead with his throat slashed inside the Belgian city's cemetery. A suspect has reportedly turned himself in to police. (Reuters)
- Crime in Brazil
- Brazil is to investigate the supposed murder of ten members of an Amazonian tribe in the Javari Valley. (The Guardian)
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
- California, Maine, Maryland and Minnesota sue the Trump administraion over the termination of DACA. (The Los Angeles Times)
Politics and elections
- Politics of the Philippines
- Philippine Justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre is caught allegedly conspiring a lawsuit against opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros. (Rappler)
- Catalan independence
- Around a million people rally in Barcelona to mark the National Day of Catalonia and to support the upcoming independence referendum on 1 October. (Reuters)