User:Vanilla Wizard/sandbox/PortalArchive/Current events

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• 22 March 2019 The United Nations hosts talks regarding Western Sahara with foreign ministers from Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania in Geneva, Switzerland. (AFP)
• 31 August 2018 An explosion in Donetsk kills Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. (Featured on Wikipedia Main Page)
• 17 August 2018 Azerbaijan reportedly attempted an attack near the line of contact with Artsakh. No casualties were reported, and Artsakh officials state "nothing extraordinary happened." The Prime Minister of Armenia since the 2018 Armenian revolution, Nikol Pashinyan, stated that while he is ready to negotiate an end to the Karabakh conflict on behalf of Armenia, Artsakh should negotiate on behalf of Artsakh. (Asbarez) (armenpress)
• 31 May to 9 June 2018 The 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup is held with Punjabi player Kamaljit Singh of the Panjab football team as the top scorer. Nations participating include Tibet, Cascadia, Abkhazia, Northern Cyprus, Western Armenia, and others.
• 5 June 2018
  • South African president Ramaphosa meets with Western Saharan president Ghali to reaffirm South Africa's support for Sahrawi independence. (AllAfrica)
• 29 May 2018
  • Syria becomes the fifth UN member to recognize both Abkhazia and South Ossetia and intends to open embassies in both states. (Agenda.ge) (Sana.sy)
• 14 May 2018
  • Israeli troops kill more than 60 Palestinian protestors in the Gaza Strip, on the day the United States moves its embassy to Jerusalem. (Featured on Wikipedia Main Page)
• 7 May 2018
  • Azerbaijan is engaging in a military buildup against Artsakh and fired 3,000+ rounds at Artsakh outposts in one week. Artsakh's defense minister Levon Mnatsakanyan described this as a violation of the ceasefire, but reassures that the situation is "relatively stable" (Asbarez) (Armenpress) (Panorama)
• 1 May 2018
  • Morocco cuts diplomatic ties with Iran after accusing them of supporting Western Sahara and announced that its embassy in Tehran will close. (Al Jazeera)
• April 2018
  See also: 2018 Gaza border protests
  • Three Palestinians are killed and over 300 hurt according to the Hamas-run health ministry as thousands converged on the border with Israel; the Israeli army says that hundreds of rioters tried to infiltrate Israel and attack the security fence with explosive devices, grenades, firebombs and rocks and hurled rocks, rolled burning tires and flew kites with flaming objects attached to them over the fence; United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein asks Israel to refrain from using lethal force as protests enter their fifth week. (Haaretz) (The Washington Post) (The Times of Israel)

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