Portal:Current events/2016 November 25

November 25, 2016 (Friday)

Business and economy

Legality of cannabis
- Legal sales of recreational-use marijuana, authorized by Alaska ballot measure 2 in 2014, begin in Juneau, the state capital of Alaska. (Juneau Empire)
Saudi Arabia tells its partners in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries that it will not attend a planned November 28 meeting in Vienna, out of unhappiness about intransigence from Iraq and Iran with regard to production cuts. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2016 Pacific typhoon season
- Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila announces the cancellation of 20 flights due to bad weather in the Philippines caused by Tropical Storm Marce. (GMA Network)
Semnan–Damghan train collision
- Two passenger trains collide in Iran's Semnan Province resulting in at least 44 deaths and 100 people injured. (Reuters) (New York Times) (AP via Daily Mail)
European migrant crisis
- Two people are killed and two others injured after a fire breaks out in a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The cause is currently under investigation, although some believe the fire was deliberately started in protest of poor living conditions, after a 66-year-old woman and a six-year-old child were killed in a gas explosion. (The Telegraph) (The Guardian)
- Protesters clash with police and gendarmerie members at the Harmanli refugee camp in Bulgaria following a quarantine placed on the camp amid fears of a disease outbreak. Prime Minister Boyko Borisov says five detainees would immediately be deported as a threat to national security. (Deutsche Welle) (FOX News)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- At least 20 people have died of extreme cold weather in the Darzab District of Afghanistan's Jozjan Province. All of the victims were displaced as a result of the ongoing civil conflict. (AP)
Heavy rains lead to widespread flooding across northern Italy as several rivers have overflowed. One person is missing, presumed drowned. (Al Jazeera) (EuroNews)

International relations

Law and crime

The Supreme Court of Norway rejects NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's extradition lawsuit against the Norwegian government. (Reuters)
The Sindh province of Pakistan passes a law against forced religious conversions, carrying a minimum five-year sentence and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, following criticism over protection of minorities in the country. (Al Jazeera)
The far-right mayor of the Hungarian border village of Ásotthalom, László Toroczkai, bans the open expression of Islam, including the construction of mosques and wearing of veils and headscarves, and the promotion of same-sex marriages. (RT)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- The Israeli Supreme Court questions the demolition of convicted terrorists' homes by the Israeli government after claims that the practice is used against Palestinians and not Israelis. The government has 30 days to respond before the court makes a decision on the practice. (RT)
English football sexual abuse scandal
- Four police forces in England say they are actively investigating allegations of child sexual abuse in association football. Several ex-players have gone public with allegations against former Crewe Alexandra and Manchester City coach Barry Bennell. (BBC)

Politics and elections