Here's a look at the important events in the world this week.
Important events in the world this week.- Somali security forces ended an overnight siege by extremist gunmen at a hotel in the capital which killed least 15 people, including two members of parliament.
- Thousands of Brazilian women protested against a culture of rape' they blamed for the shocking case of a 16-year-old girl allegedly sexually assaulted by more than 30 men. Protesters flooded central streets in cities including Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, carrying signs with slogans such as We are all bleeding' and Not the victim's fault.'
- The bodies of at least 104 migrants have washed up on a beach in the western Libyan town of Zwara.
- Up to 500 migrants might have drowned in the Mediterranean last week when human traffickers crammed people onto an already overcrowded ship, causing it to sink.
- Sri Lanka performed final Buddhist rites at the site of last month's massive landslide and ended the search for some 100 people believed to have been buried under the broken earth.
- A seven-year-old boy missing since a week after his parents abandoned him in a bear-inhabited forest in northern Japan as a punishment was found alive. He was reportedly without food or water.
- Thai police charged 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, with wildlife trafficking and removed more dead animals including a bear and a leopard from the infamous Tiger Temple.
- The body of Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan this month, was handed over to his relatives in Afghanistan after fulfilling all legal requirements.
- Two men died in a murder-suicide at the University of California's Los Angeles campus (UCLA), prompting a lockdown and a massive security deployment at the sprawling facility. Identified as Mainak Sarkar, the accused killed his estranged wife and then drove 2,000 miles (3,200 km) to shoot dead a professor.
- The water level of the Seine river in Paris decreased after reaching its peak overnight, the highest in nearly 35 years.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani jointly inaugurated a landmark dam, a Rs 1,700 crore showpiece infrastructure project by India in strategically important Herat province, reflecting India's strong commitment to reconstruction of the war-ravaged country.
Important events in the world this week.
Here's a look at the important events in the world this week.
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