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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…
With no bodies found in past week, AirAsia Flight 8501 main search ends
(CNN)-- The big search is over.
That's the message out of Indonesia, where national search and rescue chief Bambang Soelistyo announced that the main search-and-recovery operation surrounding doomed commercial airliner AirAsia Flight 8501…
Boston Marathon bombing: Opening statements to begin in bombing trial
Boston (CNN)-- Almost 23 months after a pair of ghastly explosions at the Boston Marathon, opening statements will begin Wednesday in the trial of accused bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev.
Their remarks will bring back vivid memories of the carnage…
Ministry of Foreign Affairs – St. Kitts and Nevis
Berlin - The Honourable Mark A.G Brantley, the newly appointed Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Aviation of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is at the moment leading a delegation to the first Conference of the Foreign Ministers…
10-y-o boy runs over brother with stolen car in Michigan
ROSCOMMON, Michigan (AP) — Authorities say a 9-year-old boy was hospitalized after his 10-year-old brother apparently ran him over with a stolen car in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula.
TV stations WWTV and WPBN report the Roscommon…
Mom convicted of killing 5-y-o son, by poisoning him with salt
WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP) — A woman who blogged for years about her son's constant health woes was convicted Monday of poisoning him to death by force-feeding heavy concentrations of sodium through his stomach tube.
A jury in the New…
Caribbean observes World Birth Defects Day
WASHINGTON (CMC) – The Caribbean Tuesday joined the international community in observing World Birth Defects Day with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) noting that congenital anomalies, or birth defects, are the second-leading…