Template:In the news
- At least 132 people are killed in a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, including 89 at the Bataclan theatre (pictured).
- Kurdish forces retake the Yazidi city of Sinjar from ISIS militants.
- Following a World Anti-Doping Agency investigation, the IAAF suspends Russia from all international competition in the sport of athletics.
- The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, wins a majority in Myanmar's general election.
- Two suicide bombings in Beirut kill at least 37 people and injure more than 200 others.
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