Wednesday

August 10, 2016

Armed conflicts and attacks

Royal Canadian Mounted Police kill 24-year-old Aaron Driver in Strathroy, Ontario. Driver was accused of supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and was believed to have been plotting an "imminent" attack against Canadians. (CP24)

Ukrainian crisis

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has thwarted two armed Ukrainian incursions into Crimea with at least two killed, including one FSB officer, following a "massive fire fight" with "sabotage-terrorist" groups. Ukraine denies the Russian claims. (Reuters) (The Guardian)

Arts and culture

400-year old petroglyphs are discovered off the Waianae coast of Hawaii. (CNN)