Portal:Current events/2016 September 28

September 28, 2016 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- A U.S. drone strike in Nangarhar Province kills at least 21 people. (Reuters)
Amnesty International say dozens of children in Darfur are among more than 200 people estimated to have been killed by Sudan government chemical weapons since January. (BBC)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17; 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- Dutch-led investigators say Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed over eastern Ukraine in 2014 by a Buk missile that had come from Russia. (BBC)

Arts and culture

The Anti-Defamation League declares that the "Pepe the Frog" meme is a hate symbol, particularly when used alongside other racially-charged symbolism. (USA Today), (The Anti-Defamation League)

Disasters and accidents

2016 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Megi makes landfall in eastern China a day after killing four people and injuring 260 on Taiwan. (AP)
- Rescuers save 15 people from a landslide in Sucun village in Zhejiang Province; another 26 remain missing. Six people are also missing from nearby Baofeng village. (Reuters)
Indonesia authorities evacuate over 1,000 tourists from the island of Lombok after Mount Barujari erupts. (AP)
The state of South Australia suffers widespread blackouts triggered by severe weather conditions. (9 News)

International relations

The United States Senate and House of Representatives override the veto of President Barack Obama in regards to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. The act narrows the scope of the legal doctrine of foreign sovereign immunity, specifically, in this instance against the sovereign nation of Saudi Arabia. The action is the first such congressional veto override to Obama. (NPR)
19th SAARC summit
- Members of the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, scheduled to be held in Pakistan during November 2016, postpone the meeting following an Indian-led boycott, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan in response to Pakistan's alleged involvement in a deadly terrorist attack on an Indian Army base in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 18. (The Hindustan Times)

Law and crime

The Royal Bank of Scotland announces that it will pay US$1.1 billion to resolve some of its mortgage claims in the United States. (Reuters)
A shooting at an elementary school in Townville, South Carolina, leaves two students and a teacher wounded. Police take the teenage suspect into custody. Authorities find the shooter's father dead. One of the students dies two days later. (The Washington Post), (NBC News), (Greenville Online)

Politics and elections