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More than 100 US troops have now been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries from Iran’s missile attack on a base in Iraq last month, the Pentagon announced Monday. There are now 109 cases, up from the 64 reported in late January, officials said. Seventy-six of the service members who suffered traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, have returned to active duty, the Pentagon said. The injuries stem from Iran’s retaliatory airstrike on Ain as-Asad base, where US service members were stationed. No US troops were killed or faced immediate bodily injury in the attack, which was a response to the US drone strike near Baghdad airport that killed Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani, on Jan. 3. But the Pentagon has since upped the number of traumatic injury cases several times, noting that symptoms can take time to develop and troops sometimes delay reporting their ailments.

The president of Jackson State University was arrested over the weekend for allegedly trying to solicit a prostitute, police said. William Bynum Jr., 57, was one of 17 people busted in an undercover prostitution sting, according to Clinton Police Chief Ford Hayman. Bynum Jr. resigned as the head of Jackson State University on Monday. The suspects were caught at a hotel in the town of Clinton after being directed there from an online prostitute ad, Hayman said. When busted, Bynum Jr. allegedly gave cops a fake name. He was charged with procuring services of a prostitute, false statement of identity and simple possession of marijuana. Shonda McCarthy, 46, another Jackson State University employee, was also arrested in the sting. McCarthy, the school’s art galleries director, was charged with procuring services of a prostitute and possession of marijuana while operating a motor vehicle.

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Partyand some party members in the National Assembly, on Tuesday, peacefully protested at the embassy of the European Union. The PDP National Secretary, Senator Ibrahim Tsauri, who led the protest presented the party’s protest letter to the embassy officials. The protesters later proceeded to the embassy of France. Tsauri said democracy has been derailed in Nigeria and solicited the cooperation and assistance of the international community.

Afghanistan Interior Ministry on Tuesday said six people were killed and 12 others wounded in an explosion near a military academy in the capital Kabul. According to the ministry, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a roundabout close to the Marshal Fahim Military Academy. The Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said two civilians and four army personnel were killed and at least 12 others, including five civilians, were wounded. According to Rahimi, the figures are initial and subject to change adding that the site of the incident has been cordoned off by security forces. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. In a WhatsApp message, a Taliban spokesman told dpa that the insurgents were still investigating whether they were involved in the attack in any way. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called the bombing a crime against humanity. Ghani said in a statement that the nation demands an immediate end to the violence and a durable ceasefire. Repr...