Portal:Current events/2016 July 24

July 24, 2016 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi Civil War, Military intervention against ISIL
- At least 21 are killed and more than 35 people injured in a suicide attack at one of the residential entrances to district Kadhimiyah, in northern Baghdad, Iraq. ISIL claims responsibility, as published in its official media. (CNN) (Iraqi News)
2016 Ansbach bombing
- Fifteen people are injured following a suicide bombing in Ansbach, Germany. (BBC)
Syrian Civil War
- Syrian opposition activists report government airstrikes on Aleppo Province kill at least five people and hit at least five medical facilities. (AP via The New York Times)

Arts and culture

Thousands of people in Cambodia attend the funeral of Kem Ley, a critic of the perceived corrupt and authoritarian rule of Hun Sen, who has been in power since 1985. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), (Fox News), (ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

2016 California wildfires
- A dead body is found in the area of the Sand Fire near Santa Clarita that has doubled in size to more than 22,000 acres. Officials order mandatory evacuations for 1,500 homes in Little Tujunga, Sand, and Placerita canyons. The South Coast Air Quality Management District issues an alert for unhealthy air quality in affected areas. (NBC News) (Los Angeles Times)
The death toll from the two-mile high Mount Sinabung ash eruption Saturday has risen to seven, with two others in critical condition. All victims were working farms in the village of Gamber in the Karo Regency of North Sumatra, within the volcano's "red zone" that Indonesian authorities have declared off-limits. (Weather Channel) (Bangkok Post)

Health

2016 Summer Olympics
- The leader of the Australian delegation says the country's athletes would not be checking in at the athletes' village because it's unsafe for human habitation. Australian athletes have been staying at nearby Rio de Janeiro hotels. (The New York Times)

International relations

Philippines v. China
- Cambodia continues to block consensus in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting. The country has political and economical dependencies with China. (BBC)

Law and crime

A machete attack in the German city of Reutlingen by a Syrian asylum-seeker leaves one woman dead and two others injured. (BBC)

Politics and elections

2016 Democratic National Convention
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigns from her position as Chairperson of the Democratic National Committee. Wasserman Schultz had reportedly been removed from a speaking role after a WikiLeaks email leak proved her implicit support of Hillary Clinton's campaign during the primaries. Her resignation will take effect upon the close of the convention. Donna Brazile will serve as interim chair. (Reuters) (The Washington Post) (CNN) (Fox News)
Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli resigns minutes before parliament was to vote on a no confidence motion he was likely to lose, after allies of his multi-party coalition leave the government accusing him of not honoring power sharing deals that helped him assume office in October 2015. (The Hindu) (Reuters)
2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
- In an unusual show of unity, tens of thousands of supporters of Turkey's ruling party and the country's main opposition parties hold a cross-party "Republic and Democracy" rally in support of democracy in Istanbul's central Taksim Square. (Reuters)

Sport

2016 Summer Olympics
- The International Olympic Committee states it considers all Russian athletes tainted by the country’s state-run doping scheme but individual athletes can compete in 2016 Games if they are able to convince individual sports federations of their innocence. A daunting task for these organizations to handle hundreds of appeals just 12 days before the start of the Rio Games on 5 August. (The New York Times) (AP & NBC News) (rt.com)