Portal:Current events/2016 November 25

• Legality of cannabis
  • Legal sales of recreational-use marijuana, authorized by Alaska ballot measure 2 in 2014, begin in Juneau, the state capital of Alaska. (Juneau Empire)
• Saudi Arabia tells its partners in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries that it will not attend a planned November 28 meeting in Vienna, out of unhappiness about intransigence from Iraq and Iran with regard to production cuts. (Reuters)

• 2016 Pacific typhoon season
  • Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila announces the cancellation of 20 flights due to bad weather in the Philippines caused by Tropical Storm Marce. (GMA Network)
• Semnan–Damghan train collision
  • Two passenger trains collide in Iran's Semnan Province resulting in at least 44 deaths and 100 people injured. (Reuters) (New York Times) (AP via Daily Mail)
• European migrant crisis
  • Two people are killed and two others injured after a fire breaks out in a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The cause is currently under investigation, although some believe the fire was deliberately started in protest of poor living conditions, after a 66-year-old woman and a six-year-old child were killed in a gas explosion. (The Telegraph) (The Guardian)
  • Protesters clash with police and gendarmerie members at the Harmanli refugee camp in Bulgaria following a quarantine placed on the camp amid fears of a disease outbreak. Prime Minister Boyko Borisov says five detainees would immediately be deported as a threat to national security. (Deutsche Welle) (FOX News)
• War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
  • At least 20 people have died of extreme cold weather in the Darzab District of Afghanistan's Jozjan Province. All of the victims were displaced as a result of the ongoing civil conflict. (AP)
• Heavy rains lead to widespread flooding across northern Italy as several rivers have overflowed. One person is missing, presumed drowned. (Al Jazeera) (EuroNews)

• Accession of Turkey to the European Union
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens to open Turkey's borders to allow refugees and migrants to reach Europe after the European Parliament votes to temporarily freeze talks of Turkey's accession to the EU. (Al Jazeera) (Sky News)
• United States–Yemen relations
  • WikiLeaks releases 500 internal documents and emails allegedly from the American Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen. (International Business Times)

• The Supreme Court of Norway rejects NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's extradition lawsuit against the Norwegian government. (Reuters)
• The Sindh province of Pakistan passes a law against forced religious conversions, carrying a minimum five-year sentence and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, following criticism over protection of minorities in the country. (Al Jazeera)
• The far-right mayor of the Hungarian border village of Ásotthalom, László Toroczkai, bans the open expression of Islam, including the construction of mosques and wearing of veils and headscarves, and the promotion of same-sex marriages. (RT)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • The Israeli Supreme Court questions the demolition of convicted terrorists' homes by the Israeli government after claims that the practice is used against Palestinians and not Israelis. The government has 30 days to respond before the court makes a decision on the practice. (RT)
• English football sexual abuse scandal
  • Four police forces in England say they are actively investigating allegations of child sexual abuse in association football. Several ex-players have gone public with allegations against former Crewe Alexandra and Manchester City coach Barry Bennell. (BBC)

• 2016 United States presidential election
  • Jill Stein's campaign to hold recounts in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin receives grassroots support, having crowdfunded millions of dollars through private donations. (The Japan Times) (The Boston Globe)
  • Reform Party nominee Rocky de la Fuente from California and Green Party candidate Jill Stein file recount petitions in the state of Wisconsin. (Refinery29) (The Washington Examiner)
  • Presidential transition of Donald Trump
    • President-elect Donald Trump appoints KT McFarland as Deputy National Security Advisor and Donald McGahn as White House Counsel. (NBC) (The Washington Post)
    • A tweet from President-elect Trump aide Kellyanne Conway acknowledges grassroots opposition to former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney as Trump's Secretary of State. (CBS) (CNN)
• Brazilian Minister Geddel Vieira Lima resigns following allegations he and President Michel Temer pressured a fellow cabinet minister into approving a real estate project. (Reuters)
• Fidel Castro, founder of the Communist Party of Cuba, former Prime Minister and former President of Cuba, dies at the age of 90. (BBC)