Portal:Current events/2018 November 5
November 5, 2018 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Anglophone Crisis
- A kidnapping occurs at a school in Bamenda, the capital of the North-West region of Cameroon, with at least seventy-eight students and three staff taken, including the principal. The Anglophone Crisis is a conflict between separatists and the government of Cameroon. (BBC)
- Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
- Days of heavy fighting between Houthi and Saudi-led coalition forces around the port city of Al Hudaydah, Yemen, leave at least 150 people dead. (FRANCE 24)
Disasters and accidents
- In Port Hedland, Australia, authorities deliberately derail a runaway train after the driver left the train for an inspection. The assemblage consisted of four locomotives and two hundred sixty-eight wagons, was operated by BHP Billiton on the Pilbara Railways, and traveled ninety-two kilometers. The train was en route from Newman to Port Hedland. (ABC Australia)
International relations
- Oman–United Kingdom relations
- British Defence Minister Gavin Williamson announces that a joint British-Omani military training base will open in Oman next year. (Reuters)
- Foreign relations of the Holy See, Foreign relations of Andorra
- Pope Francis, head of state of the Vatican City and leader of the Roman Catholic Church, threatens to order the abdication of Andorran co-monarch Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Archbishop-Bishop of Urgell, if the country decriminalises or legalises abortion. (Diari d'Andorra - Catalan)
Law and crime
- Me Too movement
- Seo Ji-hyeon, a leading figure of the Me Too movement in South Korea, files a suit against former South Korean chief prosecutor Ahn Tae-keun and the government for physical and psychological distress. (YJC)
- Cyberwarfare in Iran, Iran–Israel relations
- The Iranian telecommunication minister Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi accuses Israel of a failed cyberattack on its telecommunications infrastructure, and vows to respond with legal action. (Reuters), (Channel NewsAsia)