Portal:Current events/2016 February 6
Armed conflicts and attacks
- An al Qaeda affiliate has freed Jocelyn Elliott, an Australian woman kidnapped in Burkina Faso along with her husband. (ABC News Australia)
- Syrian Civil War
- Northern Aleppo offensive (2016)
- The Ahrar ash-Sham fighters. (Xinhua)
- The
- Ten people are killed and more than 40 injured when a suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up near a
Arts and culture
- Bhutanese throne. (Kuensel)
Disasters and accidents
- 2016 Taiwan earthquake
- A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan. Taiwan's official Central News Agency reported that 14 people were killed and 484 injured. (CNN) (Metro) (AP) (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)
- The earthquake toppled two high-rise buildings in the city of Tainan with at least 160 people rescued and many more trapped inside. (AP)
- Five people are killed in an avalanche that buried 17 Czechs in Austria. (NBC News)
- Twin brothers are killed and six others injured in a sledding accident on an Olympic bobsledding course at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. (CNN)
International relations
- North Korea brings forward the date of a potential satellite launch to as early as tomorrow. (BBC)
- Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
Law and crime
- The Vatican commission on sexual abuse announces that Peter Saunders, a sexual abuse survivor from the U.K., is suspended from commission proceedings. "I am not leaving my position," Saunders said, adding only the person who appointed him, the Pope, can dismiss him. (Buenos Aires Herald) (Patheos) (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- Anti-Islamism
- Protesters rally against massive influx of asylum-seekers to the continent. (NY Daily News)
- Protesters rally against
Sports
- American football:
- The Edward DeBartolo, Jr., to be inducted as a contributor. The induction ceremony will take place on August 6 at the Hall of Fame complex in Canton, Ohio. (CNN)
- At the NFL Honors Show in San Francisco, the league announces major individual awards for the 2015 season, as chosen by the Associated Press. (ESPN – Newton, Rivera) (ESPN – Watt)
- black quarterback to win the award outright (Steve McNair shared the award in 2004 with Peyton Manning).
- Panthers head coach Coach of the Year.
- Defensive Player of the Year for the third time in four years. Watt joins Hall of Famer Lawrence Tayloras the only three-time winners of the award.
- The