Global news is a vital part of news today and can directly affect MHS students. In order to inform our readers, The Mentor has compiled small summaries describing some of the largest happenings in the world today. We encourage the reader to read about these topics, as well as others, in greater depth.

Boko Haram responsible for marrying off abducted girls, injures dozens at bus station

The Nigerian Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram has claimed that the 200 girls kidnapped earlier this year have been converted to Islam and married off. The news came in a video released Saturday by the group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau. In the video, Shekau also denied claims of a deal by the Nigerian government. The deal was supposedly a ceasefire and, according to CNN, “included the release of more than 200 girls whose kidnapping at a boarding school in the nation’s north stunned the world.”

The group is also responsible for multiple bombings at a bus station in Nigeria that killed at least eight people and injured dozens more. The bombings took place during rush hour.

Mass protests stop Hungary internet tax

A proposed internet tax has been stopped on Friday when Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said “This tax in its current form cannot be introduced.” According to NPR, “Days after some 100,000 people took to the streets in protest, Hungary’s government has given up on plans to tax Internet usage.” The tax would have charged every gigabyte of data transferred.

Eruption in Costa Rica causes worry, evacuations

The Turrialba volcano started spewing ash on Wednesday. According to the BBC, “The volcano has not spewed lava since the 1800s but there are concerns that this eruption could be a precursor to larger eruptions.” Authorities have evacuated the nearby area.

Bombing leaves dozens dead in India

A bombing on the border of Pakistan and India has killed over 45 people and injured dozens more. The bombing, according to The Guardian, “occurred as spectators were streaming away from a flag-lowering ceremony that takes places at dusk each day at the Wagah border post, an immensely symbolic and sensitive area 15 miles from Lahore, the capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province.”

The attack has been confirmed to be the result of a suicide bomber. “The suicide bomber failed to cross the security barrier and blew himself up outside when people were coming out,” Punjab Rangers chief Tahir Javed Khan said.

So far two Islamic terrorist groups have taken credit for the attack. According to the BBC “the Pakistani Taliban told the BBC that it had carried out the attack, although another militant group, Jundullah, also said it was responsible.”

UK exit of the EU possible

After disputes over inter-union migration, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made it clear that she would rather have the United Kingdom leave the European Union than reform the migrant system. According to the BBC British Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed an interest in “a plan to … ban migrants who do not have a job, and to deport those who are unable to support themselves after three months.” Cameron will attempt renegotiation with the EU before holding an in-out referendum for EU membership.