Flags fly at half-mast as South Korea investigates its worst plane crash
The country has started seven days of national mourning, with the acting president flying to the crash site for a memorial
Officials initially cited a bird strike...
Bodies of about 100 Kurdish women, children found in Iraq mass grave
TAL AL-SHAIKHIA, Iraq: Iraqi authorities are working to exhume the remains of around 100 Kurdish women and children thought to have been killed in the 1980s under former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein,...
German president urges unity after ‘dark shadow’ of Christmas market attack
Steinmeier recognized that there was a “great deal of dissatisfaction about politics” in Germany but insisted that “our democracy is and remains strong”
BERLIN: Germany’s president said Tuesday that...
Number of injured people in collision of trains near Murmansk rises to 31
Murmansk Region Governor Andrey Chibis stated earlier in the day that one of victims in the trains’ collision died in a hospital bringing the death toll to two people
Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians, dies at 73
NEW DELHI — Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73.
The Indian...
One dead, dozens missing in Greece migrant boat sinking
An Italian frigate and helicopters were operating at the site, with more ships heading to the area
Athens : One man died late Saturday when...
184 killed in Haiti capital violence over weekend: UN
GENEVA : Close to 200 people were killed in brutal weekend violence in Haiti’s capital, the United Nations said on Monday, with reports that a gang boss orchestrated the slaughter of voodoo...
Three climbers missing on New Zealand mountain believed dead: police
The trio were reported missing five days ago after failing to return from a climb
WELLINGTON : Three climbers who went missing on New Zealand’s...
‘Stampedes’ kill 56 at Guinea football match: government
Local media said the match in the southeastern city was part of a tournament organized in honor of Guinea’s junta leader
CONAKRY : Stampedes at...
13 more killed in Pakistan sectarian fighting
Fresh fighting broke out last Thursday when two separate convoys of Shiite Muslims traveling under police escort were ambushed, killing more than 40
Peshawar :...