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Son of S.Korea sunken ferry owner detained
July 25, 2014 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean news agency says the eldest son of the sunken ferry owner has been detained by police after two months on the run. more »»
Jordan shoots down 'aerial target' near Syria
July 25, 2014 AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's air force shot down an "aerial target" near the Syrian border on Friday, a Jordanian military official said, while eyewitnesses said the object was a drone. more »»
Taiwan plane survivor crawls out, phones dad
July 25, 2014 XIXI, Taiwan (AP) — The 10 survivors of Taiwan's worst air disaster in more than a decade include a 34-year-old woman who called her father after scrambling from the wreckage and seeking help at ... more »»
Israel hits 30 Gaza homes, kills senior militant
July 25, 2014 JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft struck 30 houses in the Gaza Strip early Friday, killing a leader of the militant Islamic Jihad group and two of his sons, as Israel's Security Cabinet was to... more »»
Taliban kill 14 Shiites in Afghanistan road attack
July 25, 2014 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban insurgents halted minibuses in western Afghanistan, identified 14 Shiite passengers and shot them dead by the side of the road overnight Friday, an official said. more »»
Black box found at site of Air Algerie crash
July 25, 2014 PARIS (AP) — French officials dispatched a military unit to secure the site in restive northern Mali where an Air Algerie plane crashed with the loss of 116 peopl. more »»
Ukraine reports overnight rebel attacks on border
July 25, 2014 MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian army on Friday claimed that soldiers came under artillery fire from the Russian side of the border overnight and were attacked by rebels in several other places in the... more »»
Towering worry: Small holes cause big jitters
July 25, 2014 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For the developers of the world's sixth tallest building near Seoul, a mysteriously shrinking lake and the appearance of small sinkholes in residential neighborhoods... more »»
Central American leaders convening at White House
July 25, 2014 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is summoning Central American leaders to the White House to discuss the influx of young immigrants from their countries to the U.S. more »»
German airlines cancel more Tel Aviv flights
July 25, 2014 BERLIN (AP) — Germany's two largest airlines say they are not yet resuming flights to Israel even though the European Aviation Safety Agency has lifted a recommendation that airlines refrain from... more »»
Australia readies 90 police for Ukraine crash site
July 25, 2014 SYDNEY (AP) — Australia is close to finalizing a deal with Ukraine to send police and a small number of troops to secure the Malaysian plane crash site as part of a multinational team, the... more »»
Hamas tunnel threat at center of war with Israel
July 25, 2014 JERUSALEM (AP) — A network of tunnels Palestinian militants have dug from Gaza to Israel — dubbed "lower Gaza" by the Israeli military — is taking center stage in the latest war between Hamas and... more »»
Black boxes from Taiwan air crash investigated
July 25, 2014 XIXI, Taiwan (AP) — Investigators on Friday were examining wreckage and flight data recorders for clues into a plane crash on a Taiwanese island that killed 48 peopl. more »»
Air Algerie jet with 116 on board crashes in Mali
July 25, 2014 OUAGADOUGO, Burkina Faso (AP) — An Air Algerie jetliner carrying 116 people crashed Thursday in a rainstorm over restive Mali, the third major international aviation disaster in a week. more »»
Planes with Ukraine bodies arrive in Netherlands
July 25, 2014 KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two more military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster arrived in the Netherlands on Thursday, while Australian and Dutch diplomats joine... more »»
UN school in Gaza caught in cross-fire; 15 killed
July 25, 2014 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A U.N. more »»
Air Algerie jet with 116 on board crashes in Mali
July 24, 2014 OUAGADOUGO, Burkina Faso (AP) — An Air Algerie jetliner carrying 116 people crashed Thursday in a rainstorm over restive Mali, and its wreckage was found near the border of neighboring Burkina... more »»
Burkina official: Plane wreckage found in Mali
July 24, 2014 OUAGADOUGO, Burkina Faso (AP) — The wreckage of the Air Algeria plane that went missing Thursday has been found about 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the border of Burkina Faso near the village of... more »»
In Gaza war, Egypt taking hard line over border
July 24, 2014 CAIRO (AP) — In the Gaza war now in its third bloody week, Hamas' battle isn't only with Israel, even though that's the country it is firing rockets at. more »»
Ex-Venezuelan intelligence chief detained in Aruba
July 24, 2014 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Authorities in Aruba announced Thursday that they arrested a close confidant of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who was sent as that country's consul to the Caribbea... more »» |
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