Egypt’s government has declared a state of emergency that will last at least a month. A curfew has been put in place for 11 provinces starting at 7 p.m. local time.
The country’s health ministry is reporting that 149 people are dead in clashes between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and government forces who cleared out Pro-Mohammed Morsi protest camps throughout the country. Continue reading
The Egyptian government moved to clear pro-Morsi protest camps on Wednesday resulting in multiple deaths and injuries.
Death tolls vary but most official sources say at least 40 to 50 people have been killed in the clearing of the camps. However, the Muslim Brotherhood claims hundreds are dead across the country as camps nationwide are cleared. Security officials used tear gas and have been using armored vehicles including armored bulldozers to remove the protesters from the camps. Continue reading
A terrorist attack at a soccer field in Karachi has killed at least 11 people and wounded more than two-dozen others.
Witnesses say many of the victims are children between 6 and 15 years old. Continue reading
A series of terror attacks around Baghdad, Iraq has killed at least 41 people and left over 100 wounded.
Six car bombs targeted markets and shopping areas in different locations across the city. The deadliest explosion killed 10 in a northwestern part of Baghdad. Continue reading
Human Rights Watch is reporting that the Syrian military has been firing missiles into civilian populated areas in an attempt to root out rebel forces.
The U.S. based HRW has investigated nine missile attacks that killed at least 215 people, half of the dead children, between February and July. Continue reading
Government spokesmen in Nigeria have said that 35 are dead after attacks by terrorists in the northern part of the country.
A military report says 32 terrorists were killed, 2 soldiers and one police officer in the assaults on a police station and military base. The attacks took place in Borno where a state of emergency has been declared due to terrorist attacks from Boko Haram. Continue reading
Homicide bombers drove a car to the Indian consulate and detonated their explosives killing at least 9 civilians and wounding dozens. Most of the wounded were civilians from a nearby mosque and no members of the Indian diplomatic team were wounded.
Terrorists then launched an assault on the complex exchanging gunfire with security forces for almost an hour. Continue reading
A rocket attack on an arms dump in Syria has killed at least 40 according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The death toll is expected to rise as more than 100 people have been injured, many of them seriously wounded. Continue reading
Temperatures in China during the day are so high that people are grilling shrimp on manhole covers and eggs are hatching without incubators.
Chinese officials say that in some locations the heat is the worst in 140 years and has forced them to issue a “level 2” weather emergency. “Level 2” is usually reserved for typhoons and flooding. Continue reading
The African news service BosNewsLife is reporting that 45 people are confirmed dead after a series of attacks on Christian churches in Kano, Nigeria.
The attacks have been attributed to Boko Haram who has called for all Christians to leave northern Nigeria. Continue reading
