U.S. military aircraft crashes in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A United States military aircraft on Friday crashed in Kyrgyzstan, officials said.
The U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft with three people on board crashed in a mountainous area between two villages in [...]
Investigators blame icing for 2012 air crash in Siberia
TYUMEN, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- A UTair Aviation passenger plane that crashed in a snowy field in Siberia last year, killing 33 people and leaving only 10 survivors, is believed to have been caused by icing, Russian officials said on Tuesday. A [...]
Kuwait hangs 3 men in first executions since 2007
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT (BNO NEWS) -- Authorities in Kuwait on Monday hanged three men convicted of murder, marking the first executions in the Gulf state in nearly six years, officials said. Human rights activists described the executions as a [...]
Business jet crashes in northern Peru, killing 9
PIOUS, PERU (BNO NEWS) -- A business jet chartered by a small Peruvian mining company crashed in northern Peru on Wednesday after becoming ensnared in power lines during bad weather, killing all nine passengers and crew on board, local authorities [...]
Feds checking pilot’s report of drone sighting during JFK landing
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) -- Federal authorities launched an investigation on Tuesday after the pilot of a commercial plane reported seeing a remote-controlled drone near his plane while preparing to land at New York's John F. Kennedy International [...]
Plane crash in eastern DR Congo kills 6, injures 3
GOMA, DR CONGO (BNO NEWS) -- At least six people were killed Monday when a passenger plane crashed in a residential area in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a government spokesman said Tuesday, correcting earlier reports that more [...]
Mexico’s teacher union chief arrested for embezzling over $150 million
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- Mexico's teacher union chief, Elba Esther Gordillo Morales, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly embezzling around 2 billion pesos ($160 million), officials said.
Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said [...]
Palestinian filmmaker briefly detained at U.S. airport on way to Oscars
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Immigration officials at Los Angeles International Airport briefly detained the Palestinian filmmaker of the Oscar-nominated documentary "5 Broken Cameras" while he was on his way to a dinner preceding Sunday's [...]
Plane carrying football fans crashes in Ukraine, killing 5
DONETSK, UKRAINE (BNO NEWS) -- Five people were killed on Wednesday when a passenger plane crashed while attempting to land at an airport in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, local authorities said on Thursday. The captain of the flight [...]
Drunk driver kills two homeless people on Los Angeles sidewalk
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- A drunk teenager was arrested on vehicular manslaughter charges Sunday after she lost control of her vehicle and ran over two homeless people who were sleeping on a sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles, officials [...]