Posted by HCN on Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Iraq
A suicide blast using what has been concurred on as an explosive laden tank or armored vehicle, resulted in fatalities of somewhere between 30 and 40, and over 30 wounded, many of them reported to be Iraqi policemen, Monday, onto or near a base south of Samarra in the Salahu Deen Province of Iraq, located in the northern central area of the country, north of Baghdad. Salahu Deen province when transliterated into English can have a number of spelling variations.
Fingers are being pointed to ISIS in popular media in stories about the attack.
China
Ferry sinks with over 450 aboard, only about 12 rescued thus far. The saddening event occurred in the Jainli section of the anciently known Yangtze River, Monday night, during a storm. Central Hubei Province is the site of rescue efforts.
Central America and South America
Protests over the past weekend, whether there is a continuance through the current is not commented on here, in Honduras, reference social media scandal involving possible embezzlement, and Venezuela, especially in Caracas, and also Miami, Florida in the U.S., reference anti-government, legislative elections, and freedom for opposition leaders
Bangladesh
A building collapse
South Africa
American female tourist, reportedly in her early 20s, was fatality after a lion leaped into an open vehicle window, as she was riding through an area near Johannesburg. The lion park incident, of leaping into an open window, is not the first time it has happened.
South Korea
MERS virus has reports of arriving, and claiming 2
Burundi
Rallies and protests have been held recently, bigger ones might be in the works
Andaman Sea
Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants seem to be unaccounted for, as they are somewhere out there, in the sea, numbering around 3000
One of many sources: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-rohingya-boat-arrivals-bad-shape-31196979
Yahoo News was helpful in uncovering some of the locations of the events listed above
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