French Police Hunt Masked Attacker Who Fatally Stabbed Woman PARIS — Some 100 police officers are searching for a gunman suspected of stabbing an elderly woman to death in a retirement home for Catholic missionaries in southern France. A spokesman for the gendarmerie, or military police, said on Friday the […]
Israel fires: Dozen suspects arrested on suspicion of arson Firefighters have brought a blaze under control around the northern city of Haifa, where about 80,000 people were ordered to evacuate. But officials say several smaller fires are still being tackled in different locations. The blazes have been fanned by hot, […]
First U.S. service member killed in Syria fighting the Islamic State A U.S. service member was killed by an improvised explosive device in northern Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon announced in a statement. The service member was killed near Ayn Issa, a town roughly 35 miles northwest of the Islamic […]
Severed heads and 32 bodies found in Mexican cartel mass graves Investigators exhumed the remains of 31 men and one woman from a hillside in Zitlala, where turf wars between rival criminal gangs are common. “The discoveries are terrible” a security spokesperson said, while the search for any additional hidden […]
Two killed in bomb attack in southern Turkey Istanbul (AFP) – A car bomb exploded in the car park of the governor’s office in the southern Turkish city of Adana Thursday killing two people and wounding 33, officials said, in the latest attack to rock Turkey this year. The explosion […]
Donald Trump Has Attended Only Two Intelligence Briefings President-elect Donald Trump has had only two intelligence briefings since he won the election more than two weeks ago, intelligence sources told NBC News on Wednesday — a much lower number than his predecessors had and fewer even than Vice President-elect Mike […]
Malaysia decides not to abandon soccer tournament over Myanmar Rohingya crackdown Malaysia decided on Friday to carry on with a regional soccer tournament co-hosted by Myanmar, days after a Malaysian minister said it was considering pulling out in protest against Myanmar’s bloody crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims. The decision came […]
Turkey’s Push for Syrian Town Complicates Anti-IS Fight BEIRUT — Turkey is pushing to capture the town of al-Bab, the last major Islamic State group stronghold in northern Syria. But are others welcoming the new advance in the war against the militants? Not quite. By seizing the city, Turkey would […]
Death toll in China power plant accident climbs to 74 The death toll in the collapse of a platform under construction at a power plant in eastern China has risen to 74, with two others injured, as China’s chief safety inspector arrived to oversee an investigation, state media said on […]
One dead in attack on missionaries’ home in France, hunt under way for suspect Police are searching for an armed man after finding a dead woman in a retirement home where some 60 missionaries are living in southwestern France, sources close to the matter said on Friday. According to one […]
