17 December 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFHGHANISTAN: The army repelled a Taliban attack on Kandahar airport. ARGENTINA: 40 police officers were killed when the bus carrying them came off a bridge and plunged 65 feet near Salta in northern Argentina. AUSTRALIA: Police raided the Sydney home of a computer expert, Craig Wright, after the… Continue reading Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Week in brief International
Category: Week In Brief International
Issue 32:2015 10 10:Week in Brief: International
10 December 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: An argument among Taliban leaders escalated into a shoot-out in which four or five senior figures were killed (including the leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour) and more than a dozen wounded, according to government reports (but denied by the Taliban). The Afghan security forces – police and… Continue reading Issue 32:2015 10 10:Week in Brief: International
Issue 31: 2015 12 03: International
03 December 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL BANGLADESH: Gunmen attacked a Shia mosque in Shibganj during evening prayers, murdering one worshipper and wounding three others. BELGIUM: Schools reopened and public transport resumed in Brussels, but some security measures remain in place. Police raids failed to find any weapons or the suspects Salah Abdeslam and Mohamed… Continue reading Issue 31: 2015 12 03: International
Issue 30: 2011 11 26: Week in Brief: International
26 November 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL ARGENTINA: In the election’s second round of voting, opposition leader Mauricio Macri, the Buenas Aires mayor who stands for centre-right free-market liberalism, defeated the left-wing protectionist Daniel Scioli, the protégé of the out-going President Kirchner. AUSTRALIA: Bushfires, thought to have been started by lightning, killed a farmer and… Continue reading Issue 30: 2011 11 26: Week in Brief: International
Issue 29: 2015 11 29 International News
19 November 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: Seven people were wounded when presidential guards shot at protesters outside President Ghani’s official residence in Kabul. The protesters were marching about the abduction and murder of seven members of the Hazari Shia minority, and were reportedly trying to scale the palace walls. Taliban forces have taken… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 29 International News
Issue 28:2015 11 12: International news
12 November 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: A breakaway group of Taliban militants has defected to Isis, leading to heavy fighting between rival groups in the southern province of Zabul. The murder of seven Shia muslims from the Hazara minority suggests that militants are trying to stir up sectarian conflict. BRAZIL: More than 15… Continue reading Issue 28:2015 11 12: International news
Issue 27:2015 11 05:Week in Brief International
05 November 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: In the aftermath of last week’s 7.5 magnitude earthquake which killed at least 370 people and injured more than 2000, the Taliban are taking over Darqand in Takhar province. An ex-inmate of Guantanamo Bay, Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost, is the new leader of Isis in Afghanistan. A… Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 05:Week in Brief International
Issue 26:2015 10 29:Week in Brief International
29 October 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban and the Afghan army are fighting over the city of Lashkar Gar for control of Helmand province. The army drove the Taliban back from the city of Ghazni last week, and from the city of Kunduz the week before. ARGENTINA: The first round of elections… Continue reading Issue 26:2015 10 29:Week in Brief International
Issue 25: 2015 10 22:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
22 October 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL BURMA: President Thein Sein signed ceasefire agreements with eight ethnic groups after decades of civil war. Another seven ethnic groups are still fighting against the Burmese army. A peace activist was arrested for posting online an image of a man standing on a portrait of a general. A… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
Issue 24: 2015 10 15 International News
15 October 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AUSTRIA: The anti-immigration far-right Freedom Party gained 31% of the vote in the election for Vienna’s mayor. The Social Democrat’s Michael Häupl was re-elected with 39% of the vote. BELARUS: President Lukashenko was elected for a fifth term, winning 80% of the vote in the presidential election. … Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15 International News
Issue 22:2015 10 01:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
1 October 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban have captured the northern city of Kunduz. BANGLADESH: An Italian aid worker was shot dead in Dhaka. ISIS have claimed responsibility for the murder. BURKINA FASO: Last week’s military coup has failed. Soldiers have withdrawn from the capital Ouagadougou. The transitional government of interim president… Continue reading Issue 22:2015 10 01:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
Issue21; 2015 09 24: Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
24 September 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS BURKINO FASO: Soldiers loyal to the ousted president Blaise Compaore took members of the government hostage during a cabinet meeting in Ouagadougou. General Gilbert Diendere, a former aide to Compaore, has taken power following the coup. Presidential elections were due on 11 October. CHILE: A three-minute earthquake… Continue reading Issue21; 2015 09 24: Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Issue 20: 2015 09 17 INTERNATIONAL NEWS
17 September 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban attacked a prison south of Kabul and freed 400 inmates. AUSTRALIA: Tony Abbot has been replaced as prime minister in an internal Liberal party coup. EGYPT: The government of prime minister Ibrahim Mahlab has resigned, amid accusations of corruption. Eight tourists from Mexico and four… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17 INTERNATIONAL NEWS
