Portal:Current events/2015 June 12
June 12, 2015 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Boko Haram militants raid five different villages around Maiduguri, Nigeria killing 37 people. (Reuters)
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- The Saudi-led coalition bombs the World Heritage Listed old quarter of Sana'a destroying three houses and killing five people. (AFP via Daily Mail)
- Second Libyan Civil War
- An armed group storms the Tunisian embassy in Libya taking ten hostages. (al-Arabiyah)
- Operation Protective Edge
- The Israel Defense Forces Advocate General has announced criminal investigations into three more incidents from Operation Protective Edge. Of the 190 incidents reported to the IDF, investigations have been completed on 105, with seven leading to criminal investigations. (YNet)
Business and economy
- Residents of the Galápagos Islands conduct a strike and protest over decisions by the Ecuador National Assembly to axe cost of living subsidies causing cancellation of flights to and from the islands. (AP via ABC News)
- Public school teachers in the Brazilian state of São Paulo vote to return to work after three months of strike action. (BBC)