The U.S. suffered two murder attacks involving armed children in the first week of October. At a school in the state of Oregon, 9 people were killed and 7 injured, and in the state of Tennessee an 11-year-old boy shot an 8-year-old girl from his school in an argument over a puppy.

Russia began to bomb different areas in Syria on the 30th of September 2015 where it began these operations directly after the Federal Assembly agreed by consensus to allow Russian forces to be used outside of Russia.

Mainstream media reports have attempted to link Hizb ut Tahrir to the Parramatta shooting on the most specious of grounds. The cheap allegations emanated from a reporter at Channel Seven known for his duplicitous and sensationalist reporting and were subsequently spread by many other media outlets with the flagrant irresponsibility all too common from mainstream media.

The Kenyan government has officially closed both Primary and Secondary Schools following the teachers’ strike that has now entered its fourth week. The strike is to seek salary increment of 50 – 60% as directed by the Supreme Court. The government on its part has come out openly stating that it has no money to realize the demands of the teachers.