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Five UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attack, say police

Edit Deccan Chronicle 30 May 2016
The attack is the first time the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, has recorded fatalities in the centre of a country long beset by violence in its vast and desolate north ... Sunday's attack came just two days after authorities reported five Malian soldiers killed and four wounded Friday when their vehicles hit a mine in the north and then came under sustained fire....

Baldwin St to finally get public toilets

Edit Otago Daily Times 30 May 2016
Confirmation Baldwin St, the world's steepest street will soon get its long-awaited public toilets has been welcomed by businesses ... There were two options available for a site ... A lack of toilets at the popular tourist spot has caused issues in the Northeast Valley area for some time ... Nick Van Der Jagt, co-owner of Grid Coffee, a cafe and roastery in North Rd, said yesterday's news was "fantastic'' ... "That's great ... ....

IS-claimed suicide attack kills seven in Iraq cafe

Edit The Times of India 30 May 2016
BAQUBA. A suicide bomber blew himself up on Monday among young Iraqis assembled in a cafe in Moqdadiyah, northeast of Baghdad , killing at least seven people, police said ... "It was a place where young people were gathered ... A hospital official in Moqdadiyah, 80 kilometres northeast of the capital, confirmed the casualty toll ... RELATED. From around the web....

Seeking a pan-India image, BJP aims to expand bastion

Edit The Times of India 30 May 2016
NEW DELHI ... Hence, BJP is looking to expand in the north-east, east and south as states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat are saturated having sent the maximum number of MPs to Parliament in 2014 ... BJP is looking to expand in the northeast, east and south as states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat are saturated having sent the maximum number of MPs to Parliament in 2014 ... RELATED. From around the web....

Iraqi Troops Ready to Retake ISIS-Held Fallujah

Edit Time Magazine 30 May 2016
The extremist group still controls territory in the country’s north and west, including Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city ... Dhia Thamir ... He said troops have recaptured 80% of the territory around the city since the operation began and are currently battling ISIS to the northeast as they seek to tighten the siege ahead of a planned final push into the city center ... ___ ... ....

At least 16 killed in Kiev fire

Edit Topix 30 May 2016
Sixteen people have been killed and one is missing after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in a village near Kiev, Ukraine's state emergency service said in a statement on Sunday. It said the fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning in a privately-owned two-storey building that was temporarily housing 35 people in the village of Litochky, 37 km northeast of Kiev ... ....

Francois Hollande, Angela Merkel remember WWI dead 100 yrs after Verdun battle

Edit Topix 30 May 2016
Verdun , May 29 French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will today stand shoulder to shoulder on the battlefield of Verdun to remember those killed 100 years ago in one of the bloodiest episodes of World War I. To mark the centenary, Hollande and Merkel will lay wreaths at cemeteries holding the dead of both sides in the northeast French town ... ....

ISIS-Claimed Suicide Attack Kills 7 In Iraq Cafe

Edit NDTV 30 May 2016
A suicide bomber blew himself up on Sunday among young Iraqis assembled in a cafe in Moqdadiyah, northeast of Baghdad, killing at least seven people, police said. ....

Woman fails to save friend in Australian crocodile attack

Edit U~T San Diego 30 May 2016
Police say a woman struggled in vain to drag her friend from a crocodile's jaws during a late night swim off a northeast Australian beach ... ....

Woman fails to save friend in attack by crocodile on Australian beach

Edit Fox News 30 May 2016
A woman struggled in vain to drag her friend from a crocodile's jaws during a late night swim off a northeast Australian beach, police said on Monday ... ....

Hollande, Merkel urge unity at Verdun centenary on day ‘Europe lost its way’

Edit Japan Times 30 May 2016
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed Sunday for Europe to unite to face its current challenges as they marked the 100th anniversary of Verdun, the longest battle of World War I. The 300 days of fighting in northeast France were one of the bloodiest battles of the war, claiming more than appeared first on The Japan Times. > ... ....

Woman feared dead after crocodile attack in Australian national park

Edit CBC 30 May 2016
A woman struggled in vain to drag her friend from a crocodile's jaws off a northeast Australian beach, police said on Monday ... ....

Daughter of Top N.Korean Actress Among Defectors

Edit Chosun Ilbo 30 May 2016
The daughter of decorated North Korean actress Choe Sam-suk is among 13 North Korean restaurant workers who recently defected from China, Radio Free Asia reported Saturday ... News of her daughter's defection will have a huge impact on North Koreans."....
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