Portal:Current events/2011 May 24: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:31, 24 May 2011 editMidway (talk \| contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers12,003 edits + Somalia← Previous edit		Revision as of 17:33, 24 May 2011 edit undo209.255.78.138 (talk) Which Queen, Queen Noor of Jordan? No.Next edit →
Line 18:		Line 18:
	;International relations		;International relations
	*A delegation from the ] arrives in the ]n capital ] to assess the food shortage in the country.		*A delegation from the ] arrives in the ]n capital ] to assess the food shortage in the country.
	*] ] meets ~~the~~ ] and senior royals at the start of a three-day state visit to the ].		*] ] meets ] and senior royals at the start of a three-day state visit to the ].

	;Law and crime		;Law and crime

Revision as of 17:33, 24 May 2011

Current events of May 24, 2011 (2011-05-24) (Tuesday)

Fresh clashes take place in Yemen between police and opposition tribesmen who have taken control of several government buildings in the capital Sana'a. (AFP via Google News)
Smoke is seen rising from Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli, Libya, following a NATO airstrike which reportedly kills three people. (CNN) , (AFP via News Limited)
A suicide bomber attacks the headquarters of Kazakhstan's security service, causing casualties. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
A roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province kills ten people and injures 28. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
Situation in Sudan:
- The United Nations claims that about 20,000 people have fled the Abyei region for Agok in Southern Sudan after Sudanese forces took control. (Reuters)
- A southern minister in Sudan's national government, Luka Biong Deng, resigns over the incident. (BBC)

The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) claims that three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered partial meltdowns following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami; it had previously announced that only one reactor had suffered a meltdown. (DPA via The Hindu)
Ash from the Grímsvötn volcanic eruption continues to spread over the United Kingdom and Western Europe leading to cancellation of up to 500 airline flights. (The Daily Telegraph) (New York Times)
An explosion at an Abadan oil refinery in southwestern Iran during a visit by the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leads to a fire killing two workers and injuring 20. (Ynet) (AP via Washington Post)

A delegation from the United States arrives in the North Korean capital Pyongyang to assess the food shortage in the country. (CNN) (Radio Television Hong Kong)
U.S. President Barack Obama meets Queen Elizabeth and senior royals at the start of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom. (BBC)

Security forces in Somalia seize two planes carrying ransom money for pirates, and detain six foreigners. (Reuters) (Bernama)
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons are to be tried over the deaths of anti-government protesters. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Human Rights Watch calls for the release of a Saudi woman detained for driving. (AFP via Google News)
A British police officer is to be charged with manslaughter over the death of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson during the 2009 G-20 protests. (BBC)

Lord Wei, who was in charge of David Cameron's Big Society project, has announced he is standing down from the role. (BBC)

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft, carrying half of the members of Expedition 27 back from their crew rotation aboard the International Space Station, lands safely in Kazakhstan. (AFP via Herald-Sun)