Thursday

July 16, 2015

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 11 people are killed and many others injured in a tribal fight in a remote area of Papua New Guinea. (AFP via ABC Australia)

2014–15 India–Pakistan border skirmishes

India and Pakistan exchanged gunfire and mortar bombs along their disputed frontier, killing five civilians and injuring more than a dozen. (Reuters)

Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)

Members of exiled President of Yemen Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi's Cabinet tour the southern city of Aden for the first time in several months. (Reuters via Daily Mail)

Sinai insurgency

The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) has claimed that it sank an Egyptian patrol boat in the Mediterranean, just off the coast of Rafah. The Egyptian military claimed the ship sank from a fire not caused by attacks. (Time) (Ahram Online)

Boko Haram, Timeline of Boko Haram insurgency

Twin blasts at a market in Gombe, Nigeria kill at least 49 people. (BBC)

Boko Haram militants kill a dozen villagers in Niger. (Reuters)

South Thailand insurgency

Two Thai Army soldiers are killed in an ambush in Thailand's Narathiwat Province. (Bangkok Post)

Arts and culture

Nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards are announced with Game of Thrones receiving 24 nominations. (Variety)