Portal:Current events/2016 June 25

Current events of June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Moro conflict
  • The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant urges its supporters in Indonesia and Malaysia to go to the Philippines and fight against newly-elected president Rodrigo Duterte. (Rappler)
• Syrian Civil War
  • At least three people are killed and three more injured as hundreds of Syrian Kurds flee Aleppo Province villages controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which continues to abduct and enslave Kurds. Yesterday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported ISIL militants have kidnapped about 900 civilians over the past three weeks. (The New York Times) (Fox News)
• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Five Indian paramilitary soldiers are killed and another 20 injured when suspected rebels ambush their convoy in the outskirts of Srinagar in the Indian portion of Kashmir. Two of the attackers are killed by return fire; the others escape. (AP via ABC News)
• War in Somalia
  • A suspected Al-Shabab suicide bomber blows open the gate of Mogadishu's Nasa-Hablod hotel in Somalia, before militant fighters storm the building. Officials said at least 7 were killed, and an unknown number of guests were taken hostage. (AP via NBC News) (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2016 West Virginia flood
  • The Kanawha County sheriff's office reports the death toll is now 26—three more victims were found overnight. It is the third-deadliest flood in West Virginia history. (USA Today)

International relations

• Cross-Strait relations
  • The People's Republic of China cuts off communications with Taiwan after the new government refuses to acknowledge the One China policy. (Reuters)
• United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union
  • Diplomats from Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg meet in Berlin to discuss the consequences of the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union. (AP via Daily Mail)
  • Lord Hill resigns as European Commissioner after the United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union. (BBC)
  • Germany and France call for Britain to negotiate a quick divorce from the European Union. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2014–16 Venezuelan protests
  • Venezuelan opposition leaders say they have now secured enough signatures on a petition to move to the next stage in a process to remove socialist President Nicolás Maduro in a recall referendum. The process must now be validated by electoral officials. (BBC)
• Icelandic presidential election, 2016
  • Voters in Iceland head to the polls to elect a new president with a historic low voter turnout expected. (Iceland Review)

Science and technology

• Five new species of orchid are discovered in the Philippines. (Times of India)