Protests erupt near Dakota Access Pipeline, Standing Rock

Protests erupt near Dakota Access Pipeline, Standing Rock

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters are protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. The group says the pipeline is disrupting their cultural sites, including burial grounds, and poses a threat to the water supply. The protesters have been met with private security forces and riot police throughout the protests, which have been going on for months. Police used water cannon on protesters during freezing conditions at a demonstration near the path of the Dakota Access Pipeline late on Sunday, 20 November into Monday, 21 November One protester was also hit with a rubber bullet. Nov 24, 2016
Two killed and 16 injured in terrorist bombing

Two killed and 16 injured in terrorist bombing

At least two people have been killed and 16 others wounded in an explosion in the car park of a government building in the southern Turkish city of Adana, 40km from the eastern Mediterranean coast. A vehicle was ablaze outside the governors offices and black smoke was rising in the sky on 24 November. Omer Celik, minister of European Union affairs, said on Twitter the explosion was a terror attack with the Hurriyet newspaper reporting it was believed to be caused by a car bomb. Nov 24, 2016