Portal:Current events/2017 February 6

• Sinai insurgency
  • An Egyptian Army raid in central Sinai kills at least 14 ISIL militants. (Reuters)
• An Afghan diplomat is shot dead at the Afghan consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. (Reuters)

• Queen Elizabeth II marks her 65th anniversary as sovereign, making her the only British monarch to commemorate a Sapphire Jubilee. (Reuters)

• South Korea's Agricultural Ministry confirms a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a dairy farm in Boeun County. This is the first instance of this disease in the country since March 29, 2016. (The Korea Times)

• Brazilian President Michel Temer deploys the Brazilian Army to the southeastern state of Espírito Santo, where a police strike has led to a wave of violence and looting, including dozens of murders in the state capital, Vitória. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
• Israel passes the Regulation Law which retroactively legalizes 4,000 housing units in 16 settlements on Area C West Bank occupied Palestinian territories. (The New York Times) (The Jerusalem Post)

• U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz proposes a bill to eliminate the United States Environmental Protection Agency. (The Hill)

• A herd of Plains bison are successfully reintroduced to the Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, more than 100 years after they were nearly hunted out of existence. (BBC)