Portal:Current events/2020 June 11
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Maghreb insurgency
- At least 10 2016 Grand-Bassam shootings. (Al Jazeera)
- At least 10
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from the sinking of a ship carrying 53 migrants off the coast of Tunisia on Tuesday rises to at least 46 as more bodies are recovered from the sea. (Reuters)
- The Ministry of Emergency Management of China says that flooding in south and central China has killed more than a dozen people and forced hundreds of thousands to seek emergency shelter since 2 June. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- The COVID-19, the first country in the world to do so. (CNN)
- The
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
International relations
- Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (2020)
- The withdrawal of U.S. troops and countering Iranian influence. (The New York Times)
- The
- United States war crimes
- U.S. President Donald Trump authorizes sanctions against the International Criminal Court in retaliation for their investigation into potential war crimes by U.S. officials. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Bærum mosque shooting
- A court in Norway sentences Philip Manshaus to 21 years in prison for the racially-motivated murder of his stepsister and for attempting to kill Muslim worshippers. It is the longest prison sentence allowed by law. The prison term contains a provision that his release can be put off indefinitely should he still be considered a threat to society. (Al Jazeera)
- 2016–present purges in Turkey
- A court in failed coup attempt in 2016 against Erdoğan. The U.S. Embassy in Ankara releases a statement on Twitter saying officials were "deeply disappointed" in the decision. (The New York Times)
- A court in
- An attacker, believed to be a former student, kills the deputy head and injures five others with a knife at a school in Vrútky, Slovakia, before being killed by responding police officers. (BBC News)
- The Senate of the Republic of Colombia approves a resolution banning the testing of cosmetics on animals, as well as the commercialization of cosmetics which are actively tested on animals. (La FM)
Politics and elections
- Dalton Tagelagi is elected new Premier of Niue by the Assembly. (RNZ)
Sports
- 2020 AFL season, George Floyd protests in Australia
- After a ten-week suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 AFL season resumes with Collingwood facing Richmond at the MCG. Before the match began, both teams knelt to show solidarity with the George Floyd protests. The match finished in a draw. (News.com.au)