Wednesday

May 11, 2016

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)

ISIS bury alive 45 of their own fighters in Qayyarah for fleeing a battle. (Mirror) (Armen Press)

11 May 2016 Baghdad bombings

At least 64 people are killed and 87 injured in a bomb attack on a market in Sadr City, Baghdad. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) claims responsibility. (CNN) (The New York Times)

Dissident Irish Republican campaign

MI5 raises the threat level for dissident Northern Ireland militants from "moderate" to "substantial", meaning there is a strong possibility of an attack on the British mainland. (The New York Times) (Reuters) (BBC)

Arts and culture

A fragment of the world's oldest ground-edge axe dated at between 45,000 and 49,000 years old is found in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. (ABC News Australia)