Snowden Leaks Show Canada Was Spying on Brazil

Brazil is accusing Canada of spying on her mining and energy industries.

Citing information released by Edward Snowden, via reporter Glenn Greenwald, Brazil's government says they have proof the spying.

Snowden leaks began in June of 2012 and have mostly caused harm to US relations with various countries.

Now, however, Canada is feeling the backlash as some of the information gave details about their spying program.

According to the documents, the Communications Security Establishment of Canada was hacking phones, the internet, and social media to gather the intel.

CSEC is mandated to safeguard Canadian government communications and computers from foreign hackers, to help other federal security agencies where legally possible, and to gather foreign intelligence.

Per the documents it seems that CSEC was as over zealous as the NSA in carrying out their duties.

Factory Fire Kills 9 in Bangladesh

Nine people died in a factory fire in Bangladesh, on Tuesday night.

Another fifty were injured in the fire, which took place in Gazipur.

It took fire fighters several hours to put out the flames.

A full investigation is set to begin, on Wednesday, to determine the cause of the fire.

Police From China Fire Into Crowd in Tibet Leaving 60 Injured

According to multiple sources in Tibet, Chinese forces fired into protesters in Driru, on Tuesday.

At least sixty people were injured, but none were killed.

Security forces were preparing to enter the home of an organizer of past protests when the crowd blocked their way.

Witnesses say that security forces ordered the crowd out of the way, and then opened fire.

Chinese officials declined to comment about the shooting.

China has occupied Tibet since 1950.

North Korea Reactivates Yongbyon Nuclear Reactor

On Tuesday, North Korea reactivated it's nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.

The reactor had been deactivated and partially dismantled in an agreement with the UN, in 2007.

Reactivation happened just hours after the North made threats against the US.

Those threats included the use of nuclear weapons.

6 Soldiers Killed in Egypt

On Monday, unknown assailants attacked a state run TV station, in Cairo.

The assault began with rocket propelled grenades being fired at the building and it's dishes.

Gunfire followed the grenades, but the assailants disappeared as security forces approached.

There were no reports of injuries, due to the attack.

Near the Suez Canal, six soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber.

Both incidents point to a rise in terrorist activity, in Egypt.

No one has claimed responsibility for either attack, however the government is blaming the Muslim Brotherhood.

10 Explosions Tear Through Baghdad

Ten explosions tore through Baghdad, on Monday.

Eight of the ten were aimed at Shiite areas, of the city.

Thirty-eight people were killed, between the ten attacks.

No one claimed responsibility for any of the attacks, however Al Qaeda is being blamed.

Bombing at Pakistan Polio Clinic Kills 6

Six people were killed when a bomb exploded at a polio clinic, in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Four police officers and two medical workers were killed, while fifteen other people were injured in the blast.

Police found and safely diffused a second bomb, found near the scene.

A Taliban group claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Maldives Election Rejected by Court

The Supreme Court of the Maldives has ruled that the elections of September 7 were invalid.

No candidate was able to reach the required fifty percent for a victory, forcing a run off ballot.

However, the court decided that there was election fraud and that a new vote was needed.

They scheduled the new vote to take place on October 20.

Per the constitution the new president must take office by November 11.

North Korea Puts Military on Full Alert and Threatens US

On Tuesday, North Korea placed it's military on the highest alert status.

They also released a statement threatening the US with a "horrible disaster".

As part of the threat they warned of the use of nuclear weapons.

According to the North it will be retaliation for a fleet of US ships docking in South Korea.

USMC: Lance Corporal Jeremiah M. Collins Jr.

Lance Corporal Jeremiah M. Collins Jr., nineteen of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died on October 15.

He was killed during combat in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Collins was assigned to the Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.