Russian air raids in Syria began on September 30, 2015, following the Federation Council approval to use troops in Syria in order to fight millitant groups, notably the Islamic State, at the request of President of Syria Bashar al-Assad.AirstrikesPrior to September 2015, Russia h...
On 3 September 2015, the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia national football teams faced each other in a qualifying match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the AFC zone. The match was played at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, where the United Arab Emirates defeated Mala...
The 2015 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match played between the Williamstown Seagulls and the Box Hill Hawks at the Docklands Stadium on 27 September 2014. This was the 109th grand final attended.The title was won by Williamstown by a margin of 54 points, marki...
Five people were shot dead in the Swiss town of Würenlingen on 9 and 10 May 2015. One of the dead was the attacker, a Swiss national. It is believed that the reason for the attack was a family dispute.The offender killed his parents-in-law, his brother-in-law, a neighbour, a...
Air New Zealand ATR on behal of Mount Cook Airlines was boarding when suddenly a alarm warned that there is a bomb onboard the aircraft. Police arrived and checked the lugage,passengers and the entire cabin. It turned out as a false alarm.IncidentThe aircraft finished boarding at...
On May 24, 2016, protests at a Donald Trump rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico turned violent, with rioters and police clashing outside the Convention Center. For hours, protesters and police clashed in downtown Albuquerque, with rioters burning signs and pro-Trump t-shirts, and th...
On the early morning of 29 August 2016, multiple individuals rammed a van into the entrance of the building and set its laboratories on fire. The fire caused extensive damage to the laboratories and the rest of the building but there were no injuries in the attack. Witnesses to t...
The 2016 East Carolina University protests were a of insignificant series of protests at East Carolina University in 2016. They are related to black lives matter and although there were some in spring 2016 it generally refers to and is considered to start in either the summer or ...
On February 8, 2016, a number of media outlets reported that a bus driver had been killed and three others injured by a possible meteorite fall in Tamil Nadu, India. A falling object reportedly left a crater deep and smashed windows on the campus of Bharathidasan Engineering Coll...
The 2016 Gisborne Blackout refers to the massive electrical blackout in Gisborne, on 12 December 2016. It started at 8:30 am local time, with most areas of Gisborne regaining power by 7:00 pm local time 13 December 2016. It affected some 50,000 people in and around the city as we...
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped and set ablaze by a youth in Indian city of Greater Noida near national capital New Delhi.IncidentAt about 2.30am on 7 March, Ajay, the accused came to victim. They met on the roof, where he raped her and set her ablaze. He fled from the spo...
Central Government of India, on 30 November 2016, constituted a 13 member Committee, consisting of six Chief ministers of India from different States of India, to govern the digital payment systems across India, as a progressive move, towards Narendra Modi Government initiation f...
The KM.RU and Nival Networks data breaches were reported in early 2016. KM.RU is a Russian email service while Nival Networks is a Russian gaming company. A total of at least 1.5 million victims were affected by these data breaches according to computer security researcher Troy H...
Heavy rainfall in early February 2016 caused major flooding in the state of Sarawak, Johor, Malacca and parts of Negeri Sembilan. Affected areas Sarawak On 9 February, total number of flood evacuees in Kuching, Bau, Samarahan and Serian risen to 1,065 people from 765, and increas...
The 2016 NHL Entry Draft will be the 54th NHL Entry Draft. The draft is expected to be held in June 2016 with possible locations including Florida.Top ProspectsTraded picksThe order of the 2016 Entry Draft will be finalized upon the conclusion of the 2015-16 NHL season. However, ...
The 2016 North American spring refers to spring in North America as it occurred across the North American continent in mid-2016. While there is no well-agreed-upon date used to indicate the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, there are two definitions of spring which may ...
The 2016 North Korean uprising or 2016 North Korean unrest refers to growing unrest in the northeast region of North Korea, the most undemocratic country in the world. The catalyst of the unrest was the 2016 North Korean floods. This region is historically the most opposed to the...
On the morning of Tuesday, March 1, 2016, the Sultanate of Oman Police, announced the death of 18 people and wounding 14 others in a traffic accident between a bus and a truck and a passenger car, the road that connects between Fahud and Ibri, stressing that these figures are pre...
A sinkhole unexpectedly appeared on June 8, 2016 on Rideau Street in downtown Ottawa just blocks from Parliament Hill. It was located near the underground Rideau station on the Confederation Line which was under construction. It halted the construction of the long-awaited undergr...
The Prague Declaration was a declaration released by a number of right-wing anti-Islam groupings after a meeting held in Roztoky, near Prague, Czech Republic on 23 January 2016. It was on an initiative by Lutz Bachmann, founder of Pegida.The signatories to the declaration were Bl...