Tuesday

September 15, 2015

Armed conflicts and attacks

Boko Haram insurgency, 2015 West African offensive

The Nigerian Army rescues dozens of women and children in Borno State. (AP via ABC News)

Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen

Houthi militants backed by Yemeni troops reportedly seize control of al-Rabu’ah, a town in Saudi Arabia's southwestern Asir region near the Yemeni border, forcing Saudi forces to pull out of the area. (Press TV)

Disasters and accidents

Two students die and three others are injured after a school bus is struck by another vehicle and swerves off an Interstate 610 overpass in Houston, Texas. (Houston Chronicle), (Reuters)

The death toll from yesterday's flash floods in the American towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, rises to 12 with one person still missing. (AP via ABC News), (NBC News)

A floatplane crashes during takeoff near Iliamna in southwest Alaska, killing three people and injuring the other seven on board. (AP via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)

Seven mountain climbers die in an avalanche in the French Alps near the town of Pelvoux. (Accuweather)

2015 Southeast Asian haze

The Indonesian province of Riau declares a state of emergency due to high levels of smoke haze from forest fires in Riau, Jambi and South Sumatra that have led thousands of people to flee the capital Pekanbaru. (AFP via Straits Times)

The 24 hour Pollutant Standards Index in Singapore remains in the unhealthy range due to smoke haze. (Channel News Asia)