EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH
The death toll from Sunday’s earthquake in Nepal has passed 61 hundred. Many Nepalese have been sleeping in the open since the quake. The UN says that 6 hundred thousand houses have been destroyed or damaged. Nepal’s Finance Minister, Ram Sharan Mahat, said Nepal would need at least 2 billion dollars to rebuild the country and appealed for help from international donors. The UN has said 8 million people were affected by the quake. The organisation said at least 2 million would need tents, water, food and medicine over the next three months.
BAGHDAD BOMBINGS
Five car bombs went off in capital Baghdad on Thursday. Seventeen people were killed throughout the city. Security forces said the attacks appeared to be linked through coordinated attacks. In February this year, the Iraqi government lifted the city’s midnight to 5am curfew. The curfew had aimed to curb attacks by ISIS fighters. However, after the curfew was lifted, attacks have increased.
HOUTHIS KILL GUARDS
Three Saudi soldiers have been killed by Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi fighters at Yemeni border checkpoints. These are the first reported incidents after the Saudi-led coalition announced it was ending air strikes and starting a rehabilitation process in Yemen with an operation called “Restoring Hope.”
FREDDIE GRAY INVESTIGATION
Baltimore’s city prosecutor has received the initial police investigation report for the death of a black man, Freddie Gray. Gray suffered spinal injuries in police custody. His death has caused major protest and riots in the city. Six police officers involved in the case were suspended earlier. People have continued to seek answers as to how Gray’s injury occurred and who is responsible. Protests against Gray’s death are part of the latest wave of public reaction against the use of lethal police force against black people in the U.S.
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