Minnesota man accused of plotting local ‘terror attack’
MONTEVIDEO, MINNESOTA (BNO NEWS) -- A Minnesota man arrested during a raid on his mobile home last week was plotting a 'terror attack' targeting local residents, federal officials said on Monday, but few details about the alleged plot were released. [...]
Fire kills woman at psychiatric hospital in central Russia
ZHERDEVKA, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- A female patient was killed Wednesday morning when a fire broke out in her room at a psychiatric hospital in central Russia, just days after nearly 40 people died in a devastating fire at a mental hospital near [...]
Detained U.S. man ‘confesses’ in plot against N. Korea
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (BNO NEWS) -- A Korean American man who was arrested in North Korea late last year has admitted plotting to overthrow the North Korean government, state-run media reported on Saturday. A verdict is expected soon that could [...]
Accident at Arkansas nuclear plant kills 1, injures 3
RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS (BNO NEWS) -- One worker was killed Sunday and three others were injured when a heavy piece of equipment fell on them while moving it out of a turbine building at a nuclear power plant in Arkansas, the plant's operator [...]
Texas prosecutor found slain, two months after deputy’s murder
KAUFMAN, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) -- A local prosecutor and his wife have been found shot dead at their home in Texas, nearly two months after his top prosecutor was gunned down near the county's courthouse, authorities said Sunday. It is not yet known [...]
UN probe into chemical weapons use in Syria to begin ‘within days’
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) -- Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom, the newly-appointed head of a fact-finding mission to investigate allegations that chemical weapons were used during the ongoing conflict in Syria, said Wednesday that the investigation [...]
UN appoints Swedish expert to probe chemical weapons use in Syria
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday appointed Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom to head a fact-finding mission to investigate allegations that chemical weapons were recently used during the [...]
No sign of foul play in death of exiled Russian tycoon Berezovsky
LONDON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) -- Officers investigating the death of self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky have so far found no evidence to suggest he was the victim of foul play, British police said on Sunday, a day after the Putin-foe was [...]
UN to investigate alleged chemical rocket attack in Syria
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations (UN) on Thursday announced that it will launch an independent investigation into allegations of the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon made the announcement after [...]