US embassy in Baghdad attacked with rockets

Rockets have dropped near the US embassy in Iraq and a military base hosting American troops, according to officials.

There have been no causalities reported following the strikes, which fell amid heightened tensions in the Middle East.

Two rockets dropped inside the sprawling embassy compound in Baghdad, three Iraqi security officials have claimed.

They said another hit near the coalition base, which is situated next to the embassy in the Green Zone, where government offices are based.

Colonel Myles Caggins, a spokesman for the US military operation in Iraq, said the military base had been hit by rockets just before 3.30am local time on Sunday.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-embassy-iraq-baghdad-rocket-attack-a9338301.html

Daycare owner, four other men arrested in big child porn bust in Gauteng

Five men – including a daycare centre owner – have been arrested for allegedly being in possession of explicit child abuse images and videos, police said on Sunday.

The men, aged between 30 and 62, were arrested between February 10 and Valentine's Day following the execution of search warrants, police spokesperson Colonel Brenda Muridili said.

'Operation Moonlight' was conducted by national and Gauteng members of a specialised section within the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit, along with United States Department of Homeland Security officers – who assisted with their expertise in crime scene forensic analysis.

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/daycare-owner-four-other-men-arrested-in-big-child-porn-bust-in-gauteng-20200216