Wednesday

May 25, 2016

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

The Afghan Taliban announces that Haibatullah Akhundzada will be its new leader replacing Akhtar Mansour who died recently in a drone strike. Sirajuddin Haqqani and Mullah Yaqoob are named as deputy leaders. (Al-Jazeera)

A suicide bomb attack kills at least 10 people and injures four people travelling on a bus for appeals court staff travelling west of Kabul. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Business and economy

Greek financial crisis

The Eurozone agrees to a €10.3 billion ($11.48 billion) bailout package for Greece. (The Guardian)