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Military helicopter crash: Air search expected to resume midday
(CNN)-- If heavy fog clears Thursday morning, an air search will resume for seven Marines and four Army aircrew members feared dead after their Black Hawk helicopter crashed into waters off the Florida Panhandle.
While the fog has hampered…
Iraqi forces retake most of Tikrit from ISIS
Baghdad (CNN)-- About 75% of the besieged Iraqi city of Tikrit is now back in government control, the head of a key paramilitary force taking part in the attack told CNN on Thursday.
The other 25% is in the hands of about 150 ISIS fighters…
ISIS’ use of children: Propaganda and military training
(CNN)-- ISIS' recent video showing a child shooting a man whom the extremist group claimed was an Israeli spy is the latest example of how the militants exploit children in their propaganda.
As ISIS encourages foreign fighters to bring…
US military helicopter crashes in Florida, 11 missing
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Seven US Marines and four aircrew were missing Wednesday after an army helicopter crashed during a training exercise in Florida, the military said.
The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was reported missing…
Son of Suriname leader sentenced to over 16 years in prison
NEW YORK (AP) — The son of the president of Suriname received leniency Tuesday from a judge who ordered him to serve over 16 years in prison, about half of the 30-to-life term the US Government sought after he admitted that he offered a…
Ten killed as helicopters collide in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Two helicopters collided in mid-air Monday in northern Argentina, killing 10 people including cast members filming a French reality show, officials said.
"There are several French nationals among the…
ISIS militants believed to be holding 9 foreign oil workers in Libya
(CNN)-- Nine foreign workers are believed to be in the hands of ISIS-affiliated militants after an attack on a Libyan oil field, according to officials.
Libya's internationally recognized government has blamed "ISIS militias" for the…
MH370 report: Search delayed by chaos and confusion
Kuala Lumpur (CNN) -- The initial hours after the disappearance of flight MH370 were characterized by confusion and chaos, as air traffic controllers struggled to comprehend the situation and radar operators failed to take notice, according…
Russian judge says suspect ‘confessed’ involvement in Nemtsov murder
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) – A Russian judge said Sunday one of the five suspects in the murder of opposition activist Boris Nemtsov had confessed to his involvement, as four others pleaded innocent in a Moscow court, state media reported.
Judge…
Egypt schoolboy dies after teacher beating: ministry
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) – A Cairo schoolboy died on Sunday after being severely beaten by his teacher who has now been suspended, Egypt's education ministry said as an inquiry was launched.
Corporal punishment is common in Egyptian schools,…
24 injured after Delta plane skids off runway in NY
NEW YORK, United States(AFP) — An airliner skidded off a runway at New York's La Guardia airport Thursday as a major winter storm battered the United States from Texas to the US east coast.
Heavy snow was falling as Delta flight 1086 from…
ISIS’s warped take on morality
(CNN)-- The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is making headlines again. On Wednesday, images began circulating from the city of Raqqa in Syria of a man being thrown off a building, allegedly after a conviction for a homosexual act.
The…
Amid brazen, deadly attacks, gay Syrians tell of fear of ISIS persecution
(CNN)-- The photographs released by ISIS in its stronghold of Raqqa are dated March 2015. The first ones show a large crowd, mostly men, but also among them a handful of women and children, all looking up.
Three men on top of a building,…
North Korea applauds ‘knife attack of justice’ on U.S. ambassador
Seoul, South Korea (CNN)A man opposed to joint South Korean-U.S. military drills attacked the American ambassador in Seoul, slashing his face and arm as he was about to give a speech Thursday morning.
North Korea quickly called the…
Over 500 Pakistani parents arrested for children’s failure to get polio vaccine
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Police have arrested more than 500 parents in and around the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar for not allowing their children to get the polio vaccine, an official said Tuesday.
Peshawar Deputy…