Portal:Current events/2017 February 6
February 6, 2017 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sinai insurgency
- An Egyptian Army raid in central Sinai kills at least 14 ISIL militants. (Reuters)
- An Afghan diplomat is shot dead at the Afghan consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- Queen Elizabeth II marks her 65th anniversary as sovereign, making her the only British monarch to commemorate a Sapphire Jubilee. (Reuters)
Health and medicine
- South Korea's Agricultural Ministry confirms a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a dairy farm in Boeun County. This is the first instance of this disease in the country since March 29, 2016. (The Korea Times)
Law and crime
- Brazilian President Michel Temer deploys the Brazilian Army to the southeastern state of Espírito Santo, where a police strike has led to a wave of violence and looting, including dozens of murders in the state capital, Vitória. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
- Israel passes the Regulation Law which retroactively legalizes 4,000 housing units in 16 settlements on Area C West Bank occupied Palestinian territories. (The New York Times) (The Jerusalem Post)
Politics and elections
- U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz proposes a bill to eliminate the United States Environmental Protection Agency. (The Hill)
Science and technology
- A herd of Plains bison are successfully reintroduced to the Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, more than 100 years after they were nearly hunted out of existence. (BBC)