Portal:Current events/2020 May 9
May 9, 2020 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
- The National Oil Corporation of Libya reports that forces loyal to military commander Khalifa Haftar fired multiple rockets toward Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli's only functioning airport. The rockets hit jet fuel tanks and damaged a plane. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Seven people are killed in Ghor, Afghanistan when police open fire on protesters who grew angry at the local distribution of food which they said favored those with political connections. Police said they responded when protesters tried to enter the governor's house. (Reuters)