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Pakistan: Gunmen kill dozens in attack at police academy in Quetta

Pakistan: Gunmen kill dozens in attack at police academy in Quetta

59 people have been killed and around 120 people critically injured after an attack took place at a police training academy in Quetta, Pakistan, late on 24 October night. Three militants with suicide bomb vests attacked the college when cadets were sleeping. No group immediately claimed responsibility, but an official from Pakistan’s paramilitary forces blamed a faction of the Lashker-e-Jhangvi militant group for the attack. Oct 25, 2016
Super typhoon, Philippines

Typhoon Haima slams the Philippines just days after Typhoon Sarika killed 3

A second deadly storm has returned to the Philippines this week as the country was pummeled by Typhoon Haima with torrential rains and wind, leaving at least four dead. Earlier, Typhoon Sarika caused heavy flooding in parts of the country. The typhoon raised fears that Haima could be on par with the devastating Typhoon Haiyan that battered the Philippines in 2013. Oct 20, 2016
Satellite footage shows Typhoons Sarika and Haima

Satellite footage shows Typhoons Sarika and Haima

Satellite footage from the Japanese Himawari 8 weather satellite shows Typhoon Sarika and Haima moving across the South China Sea and Philippine Sea on 18 October. Typhoon Sarika has killed two people after making landfall in the Philippines and is now hitting the southern Chinese island province of Hainan. Typhoon Haima could bring winds over 130mph and torrential rain when it hits northern Luzon in the Philippines. Oct 18, 2016
Boko Haram releases 21 kidnapped Chibok girls to Nigerian Government

Boko Haram releases 21 kidnapped Chibok girls to Nigerian Government

21 of the more than 200 girls who were kidknapped in 2014 by Boko Haram have been released following a deal brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss government. Around 270 girls were taken from their school in the north-eastern Borno state, where the jihadists have waged a seven-year insurgency to try to set up an Islamic state. Oct 14, 2016
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