Portal:Current events/2016 December 3

December 3, 2016 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Somali Civil War (2009-present)
- Seven insurgents are killed in clashes northern Somalia. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

An Indonesian police plane, reportedly carrying 13 people, goes missing near Singapore en route to Batam. (AP via Fox News) (Koran Tempo)
At least 17 are killed in a coal mine explosion in China. (Fox News)
2016 Oakland warehouse fire
- Recovery efforts continue in the US city of Oakland, California, after a fire at a music party in a converted warehouse kills at least nine people with dozens missing. (NBC News) (East Bay Times)
At least three first responders are injured battling a 10-alarm fire that's spread to seven buildings in Cambridge, Massachusetts (US). (CBS News)
A house fire in Akron, Ohio (US), kills four people, including two young girls. One woman safely fled her attic bedroom. A seriously injured 12-year-old girl is revived and rescued. (AP) (Akron Beacon Journal)

International relations

Rohingya insurgency in Western Myanmar
- The
  Rohingya minority is "ethnic cleansing" ahead of a march in Kuala Lumpur led by Prime Minister Najib Razak. (Reuters via Trust)

2012 Pakistan garment factory fires

A man believed responsible for starting a devastating factory fire in Karachi has been arrested in Bangkok. (AFP via France 24)^{[permanent dead link]}
Murder of Maria Ladenburger
- German police arrested a 17-year-old asylum seeker from
  Freiburg while a similar case nearby is still under investigation. (Der Spiegel) (Die Welt)

2016 United States presidential election recounts
- Jill Stein, the 2016 presidential candidate for the Green Party, withdraws her lawsuit in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania for a statewide recount of votes in Pennsylvania due to the cost. (NPR)
Dakota Access Pipeline protests
- Groups of
  human shields against possible clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement when the United States Army Corps of Engineers' eviction deadline expires on Monday. They are building barracks for shelter in North Dakota's winter weather. (Reuters) (NBC News)