Portal:Current events/2017 May 28

May 28, 2017 (Sunday)

Armed attacks and conflicts

CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion
- The government of the Philippines and the Communist Party cancel peace talks after president Rodrigo Duterte declares martial law in Mindanao. (teleSur)
Marawi crisis
- The Philippine military announces that it has discovered the bodies of 16 people, believed to have been killed by the ISIL affiliated Abu Sayyaf. Authorities say that the death toll after six days of fighting is 95, including 19 civilians. (The New York Times)

Arts and culture

Disasters and accidents

2017 Sri Lankan flood and landslide
- At least 126 people are dead, and 97 missing, after mudslides and floods caused by heavy rain in Sri Lanka. Over 100,000 people have been displaced. (AP)
Four people, including a pregnant woman, are killed and dozens injured when a rush of fans try to enter an already-at-capacity Tiburcio Carías Andino Stadium before the Honduran Clausura final in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Police are investigating possible overselling of tickets. (Sporting News) (The Sun) (AP)

Law and crime

2017 Mississippi shootings
- Eight people, including a Lincoln County Sheriff's Department deputy, are fatally shot overnight at three locations in rural Mississippi. A suspect is in custody; he says he intended for it to be "suicide by cop." (NBC News and AP)

Politics and elections

Science and technology

Sport