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February 16, 2018
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2018-02-16
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Armed conflict and attacks
Boko Haram insurgency
Three suicide bombers kill at least 20 people at a fish market in
Konduga
,
Borno
,
Nigeria
.
(
The Guardian
)
Disasters and accidents
2018 Oaxaca earthquake
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes near the town of
Pinotepa Nacional
and is widely felt across Southern and Central
Mexico
, causing material damages in the states of
Guerrero
,
Oaxaca
and
Mexico City
. It is followed by a 5.8-magnitude
aftershock
.
(The United States Geological Survey)
,
(CNN)
Law and crime
Crime in Washington
A teenager is arrested for allegedly planning a
school shooting
in
Everett, Washington
. Police found a semi-automatic rifle hidden in a guitar case along with bomb-making equipment.
(CBS News)
War on Terror
The Court of Appeal in
Rabat
,
Morocco
, acquits
Younes Chekkouri
of undermining the security of the state. Chekkouri was detained in
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
for 14 years without charges.
(Xinhua)
Aftermath of the
2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
A court in
Turkey
hands life sentences to six journalists, including
Ahmet Altan
,
Mehmet Altan
and
Nazlı Ilıcak
.
(Reuters)
(PEN.org)
Politics and elections
Mueller special counsel investigation
U.S. President
Donald Trump
's former chief strategist
Steve Bannon
is interviewed over two days this week as part of the investigation into alleged
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
.
(BBC)
Thirteen
Russian
nationals from the
Internet Research Agency
are indicted by a grand jury on charges of
conspiracy to defraud the United States
during the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.
(CNN)
(BBC)
Politics of Ethiopia
Ethiopia
declares a national state of emergency one day after the unexpected resignation of
Prime Minister
Hailemariam Desalegn
.
(BBC)
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi
home minister
Asaduzzaman Khan
meets with his Burmese counterpart, Kyaw Swe, in
Dhaka
to discuss the
repatriation
of
Rohingya
refugees from Bangladesh to
Myanmar
. The Burmese delegation accepts a list of 8,032 Rohingya refugees (1,673 families) who are to be repatriated.
(
Washington Post
)
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