Portal:Current events/2017 June 25

June 25, 2017 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian Civil War
- Israel strikes two Syrian Army artillery positions and an ammunition truck in Quneitra Governorate, after stray shells from Syria land in the northern Golan Heights for a second day in a row. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2017 Bahawalpur explosion
- Over 150 people die and dozens are injured, many critically, when an oil tanker truck overturns and explodes as people from surrounding villages gather around the truck to collect the spilling oil. The accident happened in Bahawalpur, eastern Pakistan. (BBC) (AP) (CNN) (India Times)
2017 Newcastle incident
- Six people are injured after a car ploughs into Eid al-Fitr worshippers in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Police do not believe terrorism is involved. (CNN) (The New York Times)
Aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire
- External cladding samples from 60 high-rise apartment towers, from 25 different areas of the country, fail fire-resistance testing. Evacuation of thousands of apartments is underway as workers start to remove the deficient covering. (National Post) (Liverpool Echo)
Maritime incidents in 2017
- At least nine people are killed and about 30 others are missing after their multi-story tourist boat, carrying about 170 people, sinks in a reservoir in northwest Colombia near Medellín. (The Guardian) (The Washington Post)

International relations

Politics and elections

Albanian parliamentary election, 2017
- Voters in Albania go to the polls in an election important to the country's European Union candidacy, with both the ruling Socialist Party and the rival Democratic Party looking to gain a majority in the country's parliament. Voting is extended by one hour because of Eid al-Fitr celebrations and 39 °C (102 °F) degree temperatures. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) (ABC News)
Politics of Syria
- In the first declared visit to the town since the beginning of the war, President Bashar al-Assad attends the Eid al-Fitr prayer in Hama. (Reuters)

Sports