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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 94043" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_insurgency" target="_blank">Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Guard_Command_%28Iran%29" target="_blank">Iranian border guards</a> are killed and two others are injured in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saravan%2C_Iran" target="_blank">Saravan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_province" target="_blank">Sistan and Baluchestan province</a>, during a confrontation with an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_non-state_actor" target="_blank">armed group</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Pakistan_border" target="_blank">the border</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-border-clash-guards-killed-pakistan-7c871b8b66363155d1b8acdd8d211acb" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two people are killed when an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD_Helicopters_MD_530" target="_blank">MD-530 helicopter</a> crashes into power lines in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samangan_Province" target="_blank">Samangan Province</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-helicopter-crash-crewmembers-killed-4982dc5ee3880b6cfbc3102e1463da90" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two pilots are killed when a private <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHC-6_Twin_Otter" target="_blank">DHC-6 Twin Otter</a> crashes {{conv|54|km|mi}} off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" target="_blank">California</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSB" target="_blank">NTSB</a> is investigating the accident. <a href="https://www.ktvu.com/news/plane-crashes-near-half-moon-bay" target="_blank">(KTVU-TV)</a> <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/half-moon-bay-plane-crash-18110645.php" target="_blank">(San Francisco Chronicle)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three people are killed in a shooting in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_arrondissement_of_Marseille" target="_blank">11th arrondissement</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marseille" target="_blank">Marseille</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" target="_blank">France</a>. The suspects are still at large. <a href="https://www.bfmtv.com/marseille/marseille-trois-morts-dans-une-fusillade-devant-une-boite-de-nuit-les-suspects-en-fuite_AN-202305210072.html" target="_blank">(BFMTV)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">&quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_activist" target="_blank">Climate eco-anarchists</a>&quot; pour <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcoal" target="_blank">charcoal</a> into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevi_Fountain" target="_blank">Trevi Fountain</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" target="_blank">Rome</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" target="_blank">Italy</a>, turning the water black. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/21/rome-climate-protesters-turn-trevi-fountain-water-black" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_East_Timorese_parliamentary_election" target="_blank">2023 East Timorese parliamentary election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Citizens in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor" target="_blank">East Timor</a> head to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polling_place" target="_blank">the polls</a> to elect the 65 members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Parliament_%28East_Timor%29" target="_blank">National Parliament</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/east-timor-heads-polls-parliamentary-election-2023-05-21/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Greek_legislative_election" target="_blank">2023 Greek legislative election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks" target="_blank">Greek</a> citizens head to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polling_place" target="_blank">the polls</a> to elect the 300 members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic_Parliament" target="_blank">Hellenic Parliament</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/greece-elections-vote-financial-crisis-economy-4a7b298f49e34031342d03128e1a81c7" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldovan_protests_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Moldovan protests</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">More than 75,000 people gather in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u" target="_blank">Chișinău</a> to demonstrate in favor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova" target="_blank">Moldova</a> joining the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" target="_blank">EU</a>, following a call for a rally by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Moldova" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maia_Sandu" target="_blank">Maia Sandu</a> in order to outdo anti-government and pro-Russian demonstrations organized by the opposition. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/21/pro-government-rally-in-moldovan-capital-draws-tens-of-thousands" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_May_21" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 94043, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_insurgency']Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency[/URL] [LIST] [*]Five [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Guard_Command_%28Iran%29']Iranian border guards[/URL] are killed and two others are injured in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saravan%2C_Iran']Saravan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_province']Sistan and Baluchestan province[/URL], during a confrontation with an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_non-state_actor']armed group[/URL] at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Pakistan_border']the border[/URL] with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/iran-border-clash-guards-killed-pakistan-7c871b8b66363155d1b8acdd8d211acb'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]Two people are killed when an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD_Helicopters_MD_530']MD-530 helicopter[/URL] crashes into power lines in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samangan_Province']Samangan Province[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan']Afghanistan[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-helicopter-crash-crewmembers-killed-4982dc5ee3880b6cfbc3102e1463da90'](AP)[/URL] [*]Two pilots are killed when a private [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHC-6_Twin_Otter']DHC-6 Twin Otter[/URL] crashes {{conv|54|km|mi}} off the coast of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California']California[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSB']NTSB[/URL] is investigating the accident. [URL='https://www.ktvu.com/news/plane-crashes-near-half-moon-bay'](KTVU-TV)[/URL] [URL='https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/half-moon-bay-plane-crash-18110645.php']([I]San Francisco Chronicle[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*]Three people are killed in a shooting in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_arrondissement_of_Marseille']11th arrondissement[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marseille']Marseille[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']France[/URL]. The suspects are still at large. [URL='https://www.bfmtv.com/marseille/marseille-trois-morts-dans-une-fusillade-devant-une-boite-de-nuit-les-suspects-en-fuite_AN-202305210072.html'](BFMTV)[/URL] [*]"[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_activist']Climate eco-anarchists[/URL]" pour [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcoal']charcoal[/URL] into the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevi_Fountain']Trevi Fountain[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome']Rome[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy']Italy[/URL], turning the water black. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/21/rome-climate-protesters-turn-trevi-fountain-water-black']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_East_Timorese_parliamentary_election']2023 East Timorese parliamentary election[/URL] [LIST] [*]Citizens in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor']East Timor[/URL] head to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polling_place']the polls[/URL] to elect the 65 members of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Parliament_%28East_Timor%29']National Parliament[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/east-timor-heads-polls-parliamentary-election-2023-05-21/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Greek_legislative_election']2023 Greek legislative election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks']Greek[/URL] citizens head to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polling_place']the polls[/URL] to elect the 300 members of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic_Parliament']Hellenic Parliament[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/greece-elections-vote-financial-crisis-economy-4a7b298f49e34031342d03128e1a81c7'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldovan_protests_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Moldovan protests[/URL] [LIST] [*]More than 75,000 people gather in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u']Chișinău[/URL] to demonstrate in favor of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova']Moldova[/URL] joining the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union']EU[/URL], following a call for a rally by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Moldova']President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maia_Sandu']Maia Sandu[/URL] in order to outdo anti-government and pro-Russian demonstrations organized by the opposition. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/21/pro-government-rally-in-moldovan-capital-draws-tens-of-thousands'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_May_21"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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