Armed conflicts and attacks
War in North-West Pakistan
Twin bombings kill a police officer and wound nine people in Peshawar, Pakistan. (FOX News)
War in Iraq (2013–2017)
Nine soldiers are killed and nine more wounded in a raid on suspected ISIL militants in Baghdad. (Swiss Info)
Use of chemical weapons in the Iraqi civil war
Iraqi police claim ISIL militants fired chemical weapons, suspected to be mustard gas or chlorine, in the May 8 attacks on Bashir near Kirkuk, Iraq. (Time)
War in North-West Pakistan Twin bombings kill a police officer and wound nine people in Peshawar, Pakistan. (FOX News) War in Iraq (2013–2017) Use of chemical weapons in the Iraqi civil war Iraqi police claim ISIL militants fired chemical weapons, suspected to be mustard gas or chlorine, in the May 8 attacks on Bashir near Kirkuk, Iraq. (Time) Nine soldiers are killed and nine more wounded in a raid on suspected ISIL militants in Baghdad. (Swiss Info)
Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping
One of the girls kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram in Nigeria is found and reunited with her family. (BBC) (CNN)