Sunday

August 28, 2016

Armed conflicts and attacks

Moro conflict

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants break free supporters from a Marawi jail in the Philippines. (BBC)

Colombian conflict

The FARC orders all its fighters to observe a ceasefire from midnight local time (Monday 1 a.m. EDT). (BBC)

Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)

A suicide bombing kills at least 15 people at a wedding in the southern Shiite city of Kerbala. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

European migrant crisis

The Spanish-based Proactiva Open Arms NGO rescues more than 700 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea about 17 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. The rescued, who are from Nigeria, are transferred to the Italian Coast Guard. (AP via NBC News)

2016 Central Italy earthquake

Officials report the death toll is at least 290 people with at least 10 others still missing. (Reuters)

2016 Louisiana floods

A bus carrying volunteers crashes into emergency vehicles responding to an earlier accident near New Orleans killing two, including the St. John the Baptist Fire District Chief, and injuring 43 more. (Reuters)

2016 Pacific hurricane season

Tropical Storm Madeline is expected to reach the American state of Hawaii Tuesday, just before world leaders arrive for the World Conservation Congress. (AP) (KHON-TV)