An evening dress worn by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1985 has sold at a Hollywood auction for more than 11 times its estimate and a record price for one of her dresses
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More than 70 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing more than 70 soldiers, wounding dozens and taking five hostage, in an ambush on a military convoy in northern Burkina Faso. The statement, posted Friday by Amaq, the group’s news agency said it attacked a convoy trying to advance to areas under its control near Deou, in the Sahel’s Oudalan province. It said it seized weapons and chased retreating soldiers for miles into the desert.
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Violent storms and large tornadoes tore through the South and Midwest
At least 22 people died in the devastating storms and violent tornadoes that leveled entire communities in the South and Midwest Friday and Saturday and state leaders in the region have declared emergencies to respond to the damage. Among the victims were four people who were killed in structural collapses in Illinois. Illinois Emergency Management Agency spokesperson, Kevin Sur said Three of the fatalities followed the collapse of a residential structure in Crawford County, while the fourth person died after the roof collapsed at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere.
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Tajikistan President’s Butchery Prevails In GBAO
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon recently was in New York to speak with the UN Secretary General and King of the Netherlands. Meanwhile the Tajik opposition members opposed and urged Western politicians not to meet with him who holds hundreds of political prisoners in the country, shoots peaceful demonstrators, and robs citizens. This led to Asliddn Szerzamonow to protest at the British embassy. Asliddin brought a poster to the embassy saying that Rahmon is a dictator and a letter, penned by several opposition activists, addressed to the British representatives. He reminded them of the crimes that President Rahmon and his regime had and continues to commit in the Gorno-Badakhshan (GBAO) region where the inhabitants of region of Tajikistan were slaughtered by Tajik security forces for their beliefs.
