International Affairs

• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to visit Moscow in May

Kim Jong Un was invited to attend World War II anniversary celebrations in Russia. This would be Kim Jong Un’s first official overseas trip.

• Mass grave found in former Boko Haram-held town in Nigeria

90 decomposed bodies were found in a mass grave near a Northern Nigeria town recently retaken from Islamic militant group, Boho Haram, by troops from Niger and Chad.

• Fatal shooting at U.S -Canada border

A U.S agent shot a man at the U.S-Canada border due to allegedly crossing the border illegally.

• Bombs kill 137 at mosques in Yemen

ISIS is allegedly responsible for the attacks of Shiite mosques in Yemen. At least 137 people were killed and 357 wounded when suicide bombers attacked the mosques. ISIS refers to attacks like these as “the tip of an iceberg”.

• Cuban officials jailed over egg black market scam

18 government officials in Cuba were jailed between 5 and 15 years for stealing 18 million eggs and selling them in the black market.

Domestic Affairs

• Fire kills 7 children at home in New York

Four boys and three girls aged 5-16 died due to a hot plate malfunction which set fire to the building beginning in the first floor. The only survivors were the kids’ mother and their 14 year old sister, both of which jumped out the window after being severely injured with burns and smoke inhalation.

• TSA officers attacked with machete and wasp spray at New Orleans airport

62 year-old Richard White attacked TSA officers with wasp spray and a machete shortly after he entered a security checkpoint at the airport. An official fired at White and the bulled hit another official who was then taken to the hospital with “non-life threatening injuries”. The motivation for White’s actions remains unclear.

• 2 children killed, baby critically injured in Florida home

A 33 year old woman is being charged with the murder of 2 of her kids and the injury of her baby in a Florida home. The woman stood outside her home bearing a knife and did not comply with the police’s request to put her knife down and was shot with ‘less than lethal’ bean bag rounds.

• 2000 snow geese drop dead from the sky in Idaho

The birds were returning from their migration from the U.S and Mexico and seem to have died of avian cholera. Officials want to ensure that other birds don’t feed off the carcasses and contract the disease.

• 5 teens charged with planning a schoolmate’s murder

A group of Arizona teens allegedly planned a schoolmate’s murder until another teen spoke about the plot. The group included an 18 year-old, two 17-year-olds and two 15 year-olds, all of which will be prosecuted as adults.

• U.S pledge of allegiance in Arabic leads school to apologize

A school in New York had planned to read the pledge of allegiance in a different language each day. This activity ‘divided the school in half’ and the principal received numerous complaints from people who lost their family in Afghanistan.  “A statement from the district apologised “to any students, staff or community members who found this activity disrespectful” and said the reading was intended to “promote the fact that those who speak a language other than English still pledge to salute this great country”.”