The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Nigerians flee Boko Haram, U.S. citizens take protecting military recruitment centers into their own hands, Lebanon has a garbage problem, and a British university finds an old treasure.
NIGER
Boko Haram Attacks Spark Mass Exodus
About 150,000 people have fled into the country’s southeast.
U.S.A.
Armed Civilians Guard Military Recruiters
Officers aren’t allowed to have weapons inside recruiting stations.
LEBANON
Trash Piles Up in Beirut Following Landfill Shutdown
Workers are spraying the garbage with powder to mask the odors until a solution is found.
UNITED KINGDOM
World’s ‘Earliest’ Quran Fragments Found
Radiocarbon dating showed the fragments are at least 1,370 years old.
World News: Nigerians Flee Boko Haram [Video]
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