NEWS OF THE DAY
1 Afghanistan attack: The Taliban stormed a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday after striking it with two suicide car bombs, killing at least five officers, authorities said. Another nine police officers and nine civilians were wounded in the attack in the town of Gardez, said a spokesman for the police chief of Paktia province. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement. Sunday’s attack came a day after an Afghan commando fired on U.S. troops, wounding seven American soldiers. A week earlier, a Taliban infiltrator killed three U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan.
2 Greenland tsunami: Four people were reported missing Sunday in Greenland after an earthquake off the Arctic island’s west coast triggered a tsunami that flooded a village. The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland said the magnitude-4.0 quake late Saturday struck northwestern Greenland near the village of Nuugaatsiaq. Surging water was reported to have destroyed 11 buildings there. Greenland public broadcaster KNR said police evacuated 40 people from Nuugaatsiaq. In addition to those missing, it said nine people were injured, two seriously. Experts said the quake likely triggered a landslide into the sea, resulting in the tsunami and flooding.
3 Colombia blast: A bomb that detonated at an upscale mall in Bogota, killing thee people, was a potent explosive, possibly made of ammonium nitrate, police said. The bomb was placed behind a toilet in a women’s second-floor bathroom and detonated Saturday evening at the Centro Andino shopping center. The National Liberation Army is the last rebel movement still active in Colombia, but its leaders denied involvement in the attack. The group said it doesn’t target civilians.
4 Mali attack: Jihadis attacked a hotel resort Sunday in the capital of Bamako, taking hostages at a spot popular with foreigners. More than 30 people managed to escape, though at least two were killed, authorities said. Moussa Ag Infahi, director of the national police, said three of the assailants were killed, while a fourth escaped. Gunfire first rang out at the Campement Kangaba on the outskirts of Bamako in the late afternoon, a guard said. Mali’s security minister later issued a statement confirming at least two deaths.
5 Yemen fighting: Medical officials said Sunday that an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels killed 25 men who had been growing qat. The director of the medical authority in the rebel-dominated Saada province, Abdullaiz al-Azi, said the men, who officials believe were civilians, were killed when a house was targeted in the village of Baqqa on Saturday. Yemen has been engulfed in civil war since September 2014 when the rebels swept into the capital of Sanaa and overthrew the internationally recognized government. The Saudi-led, U.S.-backed coalition opposes them, but the Iran-backed rebels still control the capital and much of the north. Peace efforts have repeatedly failed.
6 Gay pride: Thousands of people attended a gay pride parade Sunday in Ukraine’s capital of Kiev amid tight security. A protest by a few hundred ultranationalists resulted in scuffles with police in which two officers were injured and six people arrested, police chief Andrei Krishchenko said. About 5,000 police officers were on duty for the gay pride march, which has traditionally been a focal point for attacks by ultranationalists.