Portal:Current events/2017 November 24
November 24, 2017 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
International relations
- Turkey–United States relations, Syrian Civil War
- The White House confirms Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu's announcement that President Donald Trump told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that America is preparing to stop supplying weapons to ethnic Kurdish fighters in Syria. (The Washington Post) (AP via NBC News)
- Palestine–United States relations
- The U.S. State Department, in a reversal, says the Palestine Liberation Organization mission can remain open in Washington, D.C. (CBS News)
Law and crime
- Trial of Oscar Pistorius
- Former South African sprint runner Oscar Pistorius has his jail sentence increased to 13 years and five months for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The Supreme Court of Appeal ruled his sentence be increased to 15 years, less time already served. (9 News Australia)
- Taner Kılıç
- Sting, Peter Gabriel, Edward Snowden and Ai Weiwei call for president of Amnesty International Turkey Taner Kılıç to be released from prison. (Al Jazeera English)
Politics and elections
- Aftermath of 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état
- Emmerson Mnangagwa is sworn in as the new President of Zimbabwe pending elections next year. (CNN)
- The Zimbabwean government recognizes the birthday of former leader, Robert Mugabe as a national holiday. (BBC)
- Presidency of Donald Trump
- Days ahead of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in India, scheduled to be attended by Ivanka Trump per Prime Minister Narendra Modi's June invitation, reports indicate the United States Department of State, led by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, will not be sending a high-level delegation to support her amid reports of tensions between Tillerson and the White House. (CNN) (Daily Mail)
- U.S. President Donald Trump designates Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), replacing Richard Cordray, who promoted chief of staff Leandra English to CFPB deputy director prior to his resignation. (Reuters) (The Hill)