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The leader of the militant group Boko Haram reportedly resurfaced in a video posted online Sunday, refuting reports he died in an airstrike and saying the group will release the missing Chibok girls if the Nigerian government agrees to a prisoner swap.
"You have been spreading in the social media that you injured or killed me," the man who identified himself as Abubakar Shekau said in the 40-minute video released on YouTube dated Sep. 25. "Oh tyrants, I'm in a happy state, in good health and in safety."
Boko Haram leader resurfaces, demands hostage swap for Chibok girls
Finns protest against racism after man assaulted at neo-Nazi rally dies
More than 15,000 people gathered in Helsinki on Saturday to protest against racism and violence, after the death of a man assaulted during a neo-Nazi rally in the city earlier this month.
Following an influx of asylum seekers last year, anti-immigration sentiment has been on the rise in the small Nordic country, which has little experience of taking in large numbers of refugees.
'Aleppo burning' as Syrian jets pummel rebel-held areas
Syrian army jets have launched more than 150 air strikes on eastern Aleppo in the last 24 hours, killing at least 90 people in the northern city and its countryside, according to residents.
The latest raids on Friday, part of a new Syrian government offensive to recapture rebel-held parts of Aleppo, destroyed emergency service structures, as well as underground shelters used by civilians to hide from bombings.
Iraq captures several villages, cuts off Islamic State supply route to Mosul
- Iraqi security forces took control of at least two villages in the Saladin Governorate's Sharqat district away from the Islamic State, which cut off a supply route to IS-held Mosul.
The U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition supported the Iraqi offensive Wednesday to retake the villages of al-Jasma, Khadaan, Baja and al-Sabkha. The supply route was captured after heavy artillery bombing of positions held by the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh.
Puerto Rico Entirely Without Power After Power-Plant Fire
A big fire erupted at an electricity plant that powers most of Puerto Rico on Wednesday, causing a blackout that swept across the U.S. territory of 3.5 million people.
The Electric Power Authority said two transmission lines of 230,000 volts each failed. Executive Director Javier Quintana told reporters that he expected most power to be restored by Thursday morning.
Puerto Rico’s fire department said it had extinguished the blaze at the southern power plant, which serves a majority of customers on the island.
Scores drown after boat capsizes off Egypt's coast
At least 43 people have died and 154 have been rescued after a boat carrying hundreds of refugees capsized off Egypt's coast.
State news agency MENA reported on Wednesday that the boat, believed to be carrying around 600 people, capsized off the coast of Kafr al-Sheikh governorate, about 140km north of Cairo.
Officials said 31 bodies had been recovered - 20 men, 10 women and one child. A correspondent for Reuters news agency later saw a fishing boat bring in 12 more bodies, bringing the total to 43.
Thousands flee fire at refugee camp on Greece's Lesbos
Thousands of people were forced to flee to safety on Monday after a fire, set on purpose according to police, tore through a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.
No casualties were reported but tents at the Moria camp were "almost entirely destroyed" and containers that provide additional accommodation and health and registration services were damaged, a police source in Athens told AFP.
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