100 people killed after boat returning from wedding capsizes in Nigeria
The victims, including women and children, were returning from an overnight wedding ceremony, a resident said.
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The victims, including women and children, were returning from an overnight wedding ceremony, a resident said.
None of those killed or injured were U.S. citizens, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Tuesday.
A local official said the kids were trying to cross a river to collect firewood when their over-crowded boat capsized.
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Nigeria's police said they were boosting security without saying why, but the U.S. Embassy in Abuja cited a "heightened risk of terrorist attacks."
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Some recaptured inmates lay on the ground by the prison entrance near the bodies of those who died in the attack.
It's still unclear what group was behind the attack on the Catholic church, but Nigeria is facing both an Islamist insurgency, and rising criminal gang violence.
The priest celebrating the Mass was giving the blessing to end the service when the attackers came in and opened fire.
Lawmakers in southwestern Nigeria say more than 50 people are feared dead after gunmen opened fire and detonated explosives at a church.
The stampede at the program organized by the Kings Assembly pentecostal church in Rivers state involved many people who were seeking assistance, police said.
Residents were mowed down as they tried to flee motorcycle-riding criminal gangs that laid waste to villages in the northern Plateau state.
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President Trump said the U.S. has taken out "millions" of barrels of Iranian oil in the dead of night, and said inflation will come down when the war ends.
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The vice president said President Trump "has been very clear about what is in our best interest" as the relationship with Israel is tested over the Iran war.
ICE has extended training for new officers and mandated additional instruction for those onboarded under a shortened process that has now been scrapped.
President Trump has offered timelines of days and weeks for the Iran war, but a solution remains elusive.
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