Egypt’s army issued a sharp warning to rival political factions on Sunday that it may step in to impose order, as clashes ahead of major opposition rallies next weekend saw at least two men shot dead.
Egypt’s army issued a sharp warning to rival political factions on Sunday that it may step in to impose order, as clashes ahead of major opposition rallies next weekend saw at least two men shot dead.
At least a dozen Islamic militants wearing police uniforms shot to death nine foreign tourists and one Pakistani before dawn Sunday as they were visiting one of the world’s highest mountains in a remote area of northern Pakistan that has been largely peaceful, officials said.
The attack on Monday at a private school in Maiduguri was the second on a school in recent days. On Sunday, 13 people, including high school students and teachers, were killed during a five-hour shootout when extremists attacked a boarding school in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State, the military said. In that attack, the militants identified themselves as members of the radical sect Boko Haram, whose name translates as “Western education is forbidden.” Hit the Jump.
Militants staged a deadly assault on a United Nations compound on Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks that have chipped away at the security gains the Somali capital has experienced in recent years. Hit the jump for more details.
About 75,000 people were evacuated from Calgary, Alberta, after unusually heavy flooding made its way into the city, the center of Canada’s oil and gas industry, beginning late Thursday into Friday. Hit the Jump.