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Somali Civil War (2009–present) December 2016 Mogadishu suicide bombing. A suicide bomber kills at least 29 people and injures 50 others in an attack on a police station near Mogadishu 's port. (AP) December 2016 Istanbul bombings. The death toll from yesterday's bombings rises to 38 with 155 injured.
Disasters and accidents A gas explosion at a subway construction site near the South Korean capital Seoul kills four workers and injures ten more. (Yonhap) EgyptAir Flight 804 A French naval vessel detects a possible signal from the missing black box of EgyptAir Flight 804. (CNN) (The New York Times) 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire Residents return to Fort McMurray for the first time since May 1 ...
Politics and elections. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump hold the second presidential debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential election at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in a "town meeting" format. (CBS News) Voters in Lithuania vote to elect representatives for the 141-seat parliament. (Bloomberg via The Chicago Tribune)
Disasters and accidents The historic Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava in New York City is almost completely destroyed in a massive four-alarm fire. (ABC) In the United States, 14 of 175 cars of a CSX freight train derail in northeastern Washington, D.C., near a city subway station. There were three leaks; one, sodium hydroxide, is a hazardous material. All leaks, and a nearby gas line ...
Shocking satellite images show Aral Sea has almost disappeared. The Aral Sea in central Asia used to be one of the world's largest lakes. NASA explains, "In the 1960s, the Soviet Union undertook a ...
Disasters and accidents 2016 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Chaba, now a super typhoon with winds of 145 knots (165 mph), heads for Japan's southern islands with storm warnings of torrential rain followed by mudslides and flooding. (AAP via SBS), (Weather.com) A stone quarry collapses in Hubei province, China, leaving five people missing. (Sputniknews) 2016 Atlantic hurricane season Heavy ...
Longtime FOX News host Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging that she was fired from the network after rebuffing the sexual advances of CEO Roger Ailes.
The largest video fighting game tournament in the world begins its three day event running from July 15–17. Over 15,000 players registered to compete with record breaking entrants for Street Fighter 5 at 5,107, Super Smash Bros for Wii U at 2,662 and Super Smash Bros. Melee at 2,372 entrants. (ESPN) July 16, 2016.