Portal:Current events/2016 December 11

December 11, 2016 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
- Two car bombings kill at least eight people in Fallujah. (Reuters)
Somali Civil War (2009–present)
- December 2016 Mogadishu suicide bombing
  - A suicide bomber kills at least 29 people and injures 50 others in an attack on a police station near Mogadishu's port. (AP)
December 2016 Istanbul bombings
- The death toll from yesterday's bombings rises to 38 with 155 injured. Thirteen people have been arrested in connection with the bombings. (AP)
- The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) claim responsibility for the bombings. (Deutsche Welle)

Botroseya Church bombing
- A bombing in Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo kills at least 25 people and injures at least 49 others. (AP via Daily Mail), (Reuters via ABC)
Moro conflict
- Three Filipino soldiers are killed and 17 others injured in fighting with Abu Sayyaf militants in the province of Sulu, Philippines. (FOX News)
Syrian Civil War
- Palmyra offensive (December 2016)
  - ISIL recaptures the Syrian city of Palmyra despite heavy Russian airstrikes, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Palmyra Coordination Committee (PCC). (The Independent)
At least three people are killed in two suicide bombing attacks in Maiduguri, Nigeria. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

Business and economy

Non-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agree to cut oil output which will help increase the price of petroleum products in the world market. (BBC)
Iran Air finalises a deal with U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing to purchase 80 jetliners for $16.6 billion. (AP via ABC News America)

Disasters and accidents

2016 Naivasha oil tanker explosion
- An oil tanker explodes on a main highway near Naivasha, Kenya, killing at least 42 people, according to the Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre. (BBC) (Reuters)
Uyo church collapse
- The death toll from yesterday's church collapse in Uyo, Nigeria, rises to 160 with the death toll expected to rise further. (AP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)

International relations

2016 United States presidential election
- Republican campaign manager Kellyanne Conway dismisses allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, calling the claims "laughable and ridiculous". (The Washington Post)

Crime

Cardell Hayes is found guilty of manslaughter by a Louisiana jury in the road rage shooting death of former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith. (CBS)
In West Virginia police officers executing a bailpiece shot and killed a man who "operated a motor vehicle in an aggressive manner" towards officers at a Walmart parking lot. (ABC News)
A man is killed and two wounded in a triple shooting in Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans (NOLA)
A person is sought who left after he accidentally dropped a gun which fired and injured a store employee at a Home Depot restroom in Sunset Hills near St Louis Missouri. (St Louis Post Dispatch)
In Miami Gardens Florida, one was killed and one wounded when a gunman approached and fired at two people in a parked car. Wounded they drove while still being shot at and crashed into two parked cars. (WSVN)
In Brooklyn New York, 2 brothers were stabbed, 1 fatally in a dispute after a school soccer match. (New York Daily News)

Politics and elections

Science and technology

Sport