Portal:Current events/2015 June 6
June 6, 2015 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Saudi Arabia shoots down a Scud missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen according to Saudi State media. (Reuters)
- At least four Saudi Arabian Army soldiers and "dozens of" Yemeni Republican Guard are killed in fighting near the border, according to Saudi government. (AFP via France 24)
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- The Taliban launches a major offensive in the Yamgan District of Badakhshan Province with hundreds of militants involved. (AP)
- War in Donbass
- The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko claims that his forces have repelled an attack on the town of Marinka and captured 12 rebels including one Russian. (BBC)
- Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel
- For the second time this week, a rocket fired from Gaza lands in Israel. There were no immediate reports of injuries, or claims of responsibility. (Times of Israel)
Disasters and accidents
- Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing
- The death toll from the sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing rises to 396 with 46 unaccounted for. (CCTV via Twitter)
- Eleven bodies have been recovered from Mount Kinabalu and 8 people remain missing following yesterday's Sabah earthquake. (Straits Times)
- Lightning strikes at the Rock am Ring rock festival held at the Mendig Air Base in Germany, injuring 33 people. (AP via News24)
- Illegal immigration from Africa to Europe
- Ships from the British and German navies are dispatched to rescue thousands of migrants stranded in the Mediterranean Sea. (CNN)
Health
- 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak in South Korea
- The number of confirmed MERS cases in South Korea rises by 9 to 50. (AFP via Straits Times)
International relations
- Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi travels to Bangladesh for the signing of an agreement that dissolves all 162 enclaves in the border region between the two nations and allows thousands of people living in the territories to choose their nationality. (Al-Jazeera)
- Reuters reports that an Egyptian court has overturned a ruling that Hamas is a terrorist organisation. (Reuters)
Law and crime
Politics and elections
- The President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir swears in a new Cabinet after having been sworn in for a five-year term earlier in the week. (al-Arabiya)
Sports
- Association football
- Italian side Juventus FC and Spanish side FC Barcelona play in the final of the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin with Barcelona winning their fifth European championship 3-1. (ESPN), (The Guardian)
- The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup gets underway in Canada with the Canadians beating China 1-0 in the first match. (BBC)
- Horse racing
- The 236th running of the Epsom Derby is held at Epsom Downs Racecourse in England with Golden Horn ridden by Frankie Dettori winning and stablemate Jack Hobbs coming second. (BBC), (The Telegraph)
- The 2015 Belmont Stakes is held at Belmont Park with American Pharoah becoming the first horse in 37 years to win the Triple Crown. (Bloomberg)
- 2015 French Open – Women's Singles
- In tennis, number one seed Serena Williams of the US meets number 13 seed Lucie Šafářová of Czech Republic in the women's singles final of the 2015 French Open. Williams wins her 20th Grand Slam title winning 6-3, 6-7, 6-2. (The Guardian)