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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh scramble for food

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are scrambling for food and water. Nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims arrived from western Myanmar since Aug. 25. They are fleeing a Myanmar government offensive against insurgents. The UN called Myanmars actions ethnic cleansing. The recent wave of refugees sparked a humanitarian crisis in both Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh scramble for food

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Parsons Green Tube Station reopens one day after terror attack

Parsons Green Tube station has reopened one day after a terror attack. A home-made bomb engulfed a tube carriage in flames but failed to detonate. 29 people were injured in the blast or the panicked stampede that followed. An 18-year-old was arrested at Dover port in connection with the attack early on Sept. 16. The terror threat level remains critical. It is the fifth major terror attack in the UK in 2017.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Video shows launch of latest North Korean missile

North Korean television has released footage of the countrys latest missile launch. The missile flew over Hokkaido in Japan on Sept. 15. It landed 1,240 miles east of Japan in the Pacific. Photos show North Korean leader Kim Jong Un witnessing the launch and celebrating the successful take-off of the missile.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Islamic State claims responsibility for London attack

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a blast on September 15 that injured 29 people on a packed commuter train on the London underground network.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Floyd Mayweather praises Donald Trump for his 'grab em by the p****' comment

Mayweather told Hollywood Unlocked in an interview that he think's Trump speaks like a real man.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Snodland fire destroys block of flats in Kent

A large fire engulfed a block of flats in Snodland, Kent in the early morning of Sept. 16. 15 fire engines and around 100 firefighters attended the blaze. It is unclear whether anyone remained in the flats or how the fire started.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Philippine troops kill 4 Abu Sayyaf militants in Bohol

Philippines reaches out to Australia as ISIS spill over begins

Maguindanao is 150 kilometers away from Marawi and is known for its several communities sympathetic to terror groups such as the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.

Sep 16, 2017

By Noel Tarrazona

Britain raises security threat level to critical

Britain lifted its national security threat level to critical from severe on Friday (September 15), meaning an attack is expected, after a bomb on a London commuter train injured 29 people.Prime Minister Theresa May said in a televised statement that armed police and members of the military would be seen on the streets in the coming days.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

A 2017 timeline of British terror attacks

The London Tube bombing is the latest terror attack in a wave of recent high-profile incidences.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Nigeria President Buhari must meet Biafra Chief Nnamdi Kanu, says former leader Obasanjo

Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerias first democratically-elected president, tells Newsweek that the country does not want another war.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

ICE officers double-down on undocumented immigrants outside courthouses in New York

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are arresting undocumented immigrants outside courthouses in New York City.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Hundreds burn Trump-Duterte effigies in Philippines

Hundreds of protesters burned effigies of US President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The protest took place outside the US embassy in Manila and was held in response to U.S. troopss involvement in the Marawi siege.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Surveillance video shows Kenneka Jenkins final moments

Surveillance footage has been released by Rosemont police revealing the final moments of Kenneka Jenkins, the 19-year-old who was found dead in an Illinois hotels walk-in freezer.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter