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April 16, 2015 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Yemeni Civil War
- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula captures Riyan Airport, seaport and oil terminal in the city of Al Mukalla in southern Yemen. (AP via Washington Times)
- In the past two weeks, Oman has received 2,695 people of forty-eight nationalities escaping from Yemen. (Zawya)

Arts and culture

WikiLeaks publishes 30,287 documents and 173,132 emails resulting from the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack believed to be undertaken by North Korea. (Variety)

Disasters and accidents

More than 40 people have drowned as a migrant boat sinks travelling between Libya and Italy. In a separate incident, 15 Muslim migrants from another Italy-bound boat have been arrested, after allegedly throwing 12 Christian migrants overboard. (BBC)

International relations

Law and crime

Five people are found dead after a business dispute in Phoenix, Arizona. (AP)
Five are shot in Toronto, Ontario, in a neighbourhood with children around playing, two critically and one in life-threatening condition, having been shot by the police. Four suspects detained. (CP24)
One year after the Sinking of the MV Sewol, police blockade a memorial in response to public anger at inactivity by the government to rescue or salvage the bodies of victims from the ship's wreck. (Amnesty.org)

Sports

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 *[[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)|Yemeni Civil War]]
-**[[Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula]] captures [[Riyan International Airport|Riyan Airport]], seaport and oil terminal in the city of [[Al Mukalla]] in southern [[Yemen]]. [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/16/al-qaeda-captures-major-airport-oil-terminal-south/ (AP via ''Washington Times'')]
+**[[Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula]] captures [[Riyan International Airport|Riyan Airport]], seaport and oil terminal in the city of [[Mukalla|Al Mukalla]] in southern [[Yemen]]. [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/16/al-qaeda-captures-major-airport-oil-terminal-south/ (AP via ''Washington Times'')]
 ** In the past two weeks, [[Oman]] has received 2,695 people of forty-eight nationalities escaping from Yemen. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150419011906/http://www.zawya.com/story/Oman_receives_2695_Yemen_refugees_in_two_weeks-GN_16042015_170438/ (Zawya)]