Taliban fighters fire explosives at
Afghanistan'sParliament while it is in session. Members of Parliament said no one was wounded while a Taliban spokesperson claims it caused heavy casualties.
(Al Jazeera)
At least 115
Al-Shabaab militants are killed and a further 110 are captured following heavy fighting with pro-government forces in the
Galmudug region of
Somalia, according to the regional government. There has been no independent confirmation of this claim.
(BBC)
Belgian prosecutors release Faycal C., a man charged in connection with last week's deadly
Brussels bombings. The prosecutor's office says the evidence which led to his arrest has not been backed up by the ongoing investigation.
(Reuters)
Alaska Airlines cancels 41 flights to and from six cities across the state,
Barrow,
Bethel,
Fairbanks,
Kotzebue,
Nome, and
Prudhoe Bay, due to Pavlof's "massive ash cloud." The carrier announces flights will remain grounded pending Tuesday's assessment of flying conditions.
(KTUU-TV)
A Saudi coalition says it's traded 109
Yemeni prisoners for nine captive
Saudis.
(AP)
Law and crime
A three-year-old girl is decapitated in an apparently random killing by a man with a
cleaver in
Taipei,
Taiwan. The man was arrested shortly afterwards.
(The Guardian)
Police lift the lockdown. An armed man was shot by police, is in police custody, and is undergoing surgery at
MedStar Washington Hospital Center. A female bystander suffers what appears to be a minor injury.
(The Washington Post)
New York GovernorAndrew Cuomo signs an order banning all non-essential travel to
North Carolina, i.e., travel not necessary for the enforcement of New York state law, public health, and/or safety, following the state's passage of a law blocking local governments from passing anti-discrimination ordinances.
(CBS News)