US forces in Afghanistan allegedly shot at and injured two children in eastern Afghanistan after their classmates threw stones at US military vehicles.

Two of the eight pupils at a school on the outskirts of the city of Jalalabad in the Nangarhar Province were injured in the alleged shooting, its head teacher told RT's Ruptly news agency.

Saying that the incident happened at 7:00 Monday morning, the man explained that he "was standing at the main gate of the school where the pupils enter."

The photograph on the college website shows a confident, happy, young African-American woman using a bullhorn to address more than a hundred overwhelmingly white students holding protest signs. It was taken at a Black Lives Matter protest at Reed College, my alma mater, in September 2016. It was a beautiful day in Portland, Oregon, and the students were parading through campus, accompanied by drums and anything else that could make a sound. One of the cardboard signs in the crowd behind her said: 'Brown People for Black Power.' Another said: '1 out of 2 black students at Reed do not graduate.'

The demonstration marked the beginning of a year-long series of confrontations that turned the historically leftist college inside out. The young woman in the photo was responsible for organising most of them. I'll call her Amanda, not her real name, because I don't want her to be hounded by right-wing trolls. At most schools, demonstrations tend to flare up once or twice a year during a visit from a controversial right-wing speaker. At Reed, Amanda managed to create protests that occurred three days a week for most of the academic year.

Before Amanda, the Black Lives Matter movement hadn't gained much traction at Reed. Although its students have been ranked as the most liberal in the Princeton Review's survey of the top 382 liberal-arts colleges, only about three per cent of the student population is black. The school has had a hard time attracting them, in spite of a 'fly-in' programme that distributes free airline tickets to prospective black students. But in September 2016, on the heels of a national debate on race, the school got behind the movement, letting demonstrators set up an afternoon rally in the quad and allowing sympathetic professors to cancel classes, hold extra sessions and adjust assignment deadlines.

An independent investigator working on the Las Vegas shooting case was staying at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino when he was abruptly and 'formally trespassed from all MGM Resorts International Properties' within 24 hours of his check-in.

The investigator, who likes his anonymity, goes by "@Nick_Falco" on Twitter and has posted a series of tweets confirming his claims that he was indeed banned from the property 'for life' by MGM management around 7:30 p.m. Saturday evening.

KIDS as young as 14 are going missing for days at a time as part of a worrying new Facebook game called the "48-hour challenge".

The shocking challenge invites children to hide from their parents and loved ones for as long as possible, with participants awarded a higher score every time they are mentioned on social media.

This means that kids are given points if their frantic parents take to Facebook or Twitter to sound the alarm.

The latest "challenge" is very similar to the "Game of 72" which shocked the nation in 2015 by tellings kids to disappear for 24, 48 or even 72 hours.

On Oct. 15, 2017, the United Nations will withdraw its peacekeeping troops from Haiti, ending its 13-year mission there.

One might expect mixed feelings about the soldiers' departure. After all, since the arrival of the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in June 2004, after former President Jean-Bertrande Aristide was forced out by a coup, the island has seen neither war nor armed conflict.

Crime and violence levels also remain high in Haiti, particularly in the capital of Port-au-Prince, and until January 2017 the country was leaderless due to repeated delays in holding its presidential election. Haiti is also still recovering from Hurricane Matthew, which caused famine in some hard-hit areas in 2016.

Despite these challenges, reports from the island suggest that most Haitians are ready to see the mission depart. That's because, beyond stabilizing the country during a period of political tumult, the U.N.'s troops have also done harm in Haiti.

The Mandalay Bay security guard who disappeared last week moments before he was scheduled to break his silence in television interviews has not been heard from since he went to a walk-in health clinic, his union president said.

David Hickey of the Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) told reporters Friday that he got a text the night before saying Jesus Campos was taken to a UMC Quick Care facility, though he did not specify where or whom the text came from.

A spokesperson at the UMC Quick Care, which has eight locations throughout the Las Vegas area, told Fox News on Monday that they had "heard nothing" about Campos visiting them.

Multiple requests from Fox News for SPFPA to comment on the matter were not returned Monday.

Hickey said he was meeting with MGM officials Thursday afternoon in the hours before Campos' scheduled television appearances, including one with Fox News.

Aid convoys to conflict areas may be passing on charitable funds to terrorist groups, the Charity Commission has warned.

The regulator said the convoys could be "abused" by terrorist supporters wanting to help extremist groups through money and other resources.

The Commission called on charities adopting them to carry out "additional regulatory scrutiny."

Veteran Indonesian goalkeeper Choirul Huda tragically died after colliding with one of his teammates during a league match on Saturday.

Persela Lamongan player Huda violently collided with his teammate Ramon Rodrigues and onrushing Semen Padang player Marcel Sacramento shortly before half-time.

The 38-year-old, who was Persela's captain, was rushed to Soegiri hospital but doctors couldn't revive him and he later died from a cardiac arrest, according to Indonesian news channel Metro TV.

The European Court of Human rights (ECHR) has refused to recognize the embezzlement case against Russian activists Aleksey and Oleg Navalny as politically-motivated.

The ECHR's decision in the case of the Navalny brothers against Russia was released on the court's website on Tuesday. It reads that the court had looked into Navalny brothers' claim that the criminal case against them and subsequent conviction pursued purposes other than bringing them to justice - in particular, curtailing the political activities of Aleksey Navalny.

Navalny is an anti-corruption blogger turned politician, with presidential ambitions. After studying the case, the ECHR decided that the reason for the prosecution and conviction of Aleksey and Oleg Navalny was that stated in the case materials and court verdict - embezzlement of money from international cosmetics giant Yves Rocher.

The Russian Justice Ministry welcomed the move in a Tuesday statement. "The ECHR has refused to acknowledge the presence of political motives in the actions of the national law enforcement agencies for bringing the Navalny brothers to account for the crimes they committed," justice ministry representatives told TASS.

The Australian Football League (AFL) has caused controversy by rejecting a request from a transgender footballer to play in the women's league.

Hannah Mouncey, who is a former Australian men's handball representative, had requested to be part of this year's Australian Football Women's League (AFLW) draft.

However, a five-person subcommittee formed to evaluate the player's eligibility ruled that Mouncey, who stands 190 cm (6 feet 2 inches) tall and weighs 100 kg (220 pounds), "would have had an unreasonable physical advantage over her opponents", the AFL said in a statement.

The League went onto explain: "A subcommittee was formed to rule on Mouncey's eligibility and its decision was based on analysis of transgender strength, stamina and physique, as well as the AFLW being in its infancy.

"The process included consultation with Mouncey, her management, the AFL Players' Association, the Australian Sports Commission and Pride in Sport."