Portal:Current events/2017 November 26

November 26, 2017 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War
- Russian airstrikes hit residential buildings in the ISIS-held village of Al-Shafah in Deir Ezzor province, killing at least 53 civilians, including 21 children. (Japan Times)

Disasters and accidents

A large factory explosion in Ningbo, China, kills at least 2 people and injures more than 30. (BBC)
Popocatépetl volcano continues to erupt in Mexico. (CNN)

Politics and elections

2017 Tehreek-e-Labaik protest
- Pakistan's government calls for troops to be deployed in the capital, Islamabad, after violence breaks out during protests by Islamists that were organized by the Tehreek-e-Labaik. (BBC)
Honduran general election, 2017
- Voters in Honduras go to the polls to elect a president for the country, with current President Juan Orlando Hernández running for a second term, marking the first time a sitting president sought reelection. (Al Jazeera)
Nepalese legislative election, 2017
- Voters in Nepal go to the polls for the first phase of an election to choose members for the House of Representatives and Parliament. (BBC)
2017 United States political sexual scandals
- John Conyers stands down as the ranking Democrat on the United States House Committee on the Judiciary following a series of sexual harassment allegations. (The Globe and Mail)