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December 6, 2016 (Tuesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

6 Pakistani nationals fishing in the Red Sea, off Mukha coast in the Taizz Province of Yemen, were killed and another six are still unaccounted for in a Saudi air raid on a boat carrying 12 Pakistani sailors.(The News), (The Nation, Pakistan)

Disasters and accidents

Heavy flooding kills 14 people in Thailand and badly affects the islands of Samui and Pha Ngan in the Gulf of Thailand. It has also severed the rail link to southern Thailand and Malaysia. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Amnesty International criticizes the Saudi court decision to impose the death sentence on 15 people in a case involving 32 people including 30 Saudis, one Iranian and one Afghan national in an alleged Iranian spy cell.(The New York Times), (Amnesty)

Politics and elections

Bernard Cazeneuve is announced as the new Prime Minister of France replacing Manuel Valls who is contesting the 2017 French Presidential Election. (Reuters)

Sports

2015 FIFA corruption case
- The Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds former FIFA president Sepp Blatter's six-year ban from FIFA affairs. (AP via MSN)

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 ;Armed conflicts and attacks
-*6 Pakistani nationals fishing in the Red Sea, off [[Mocha, Yemen|Mukha]] coast in the  Taizz Province of [[Yemen]], were killed and other six are still unaccounted for in a Saudi air raid at the boat carrying 12 Pakistani sailors.[https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/170151-Saudi-jets-kill-six-Pakistani-sailors-off-Yemen-coast (The News)], [http://nation.com.pk/national/06-Dec-2016/saudi-jets-attack-pakistani-boat-off-yemen-kill-six-sailors (The Nation, Pakistan)]
+*6 Pakistani nationals fishing in the Red Sea, off [[Mocha, Yemen|Mukha]] coast in the  Taizz Province of [[Yemen]], were killed and another six are still unaccounted for in a Saudi air raid on a boat carrying 12 Pakistani sailors.[https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/170151-Saudi-jets-kill-six-Pakistani-sailors-off-Yemen-coast (The News)], [http://nation.com.pk/national/06-Dec-2016/saudi-jets-attack-pakistani-boat-off-yemen-kill-six-sailors (The Nation, Pakistan)]
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-*[[Amnesty International]] criticizes the unfair trial by a Saudi Court and its decision for Death sentence to 15 people in a case involving 32 people including 30 Saudis, one Iranian and one Afghan national in an alleged Iranian spy cell.[http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/12/06/world/middleeast/ap-ml-saudi-iran.html?_r=0 (The New York Times)], [https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/12/saudi-arabia-mass-death-sentences-in-spy-trial-a-travesty-of-justice/ (Amnesty)]
+*[[Amnesty International]] criticizes the Saudi court decision to impose the death sentence on 15 people in a case involving 32 people including 30 Saudis, one Iranian and one Afghan national in an alleged Iranian spy cell.[http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/12/06/world/middleeast/ap-ml-saudi-iran.html?_r=0 (The New York Times)], [https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/12/saudi-arabia-mass-death-sentences-in-spy-trial-a-travesty-of-justice/ (Amnesty)]
 ;Politics and elections