String of tornadoes kill at least 6 in northern Texas, 7 missing
DALLAS, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) -- At least six people were confirmed dead after a series of tornadoes swept through the northern region of the state of Texas, local authorities said.
A group of over ten tornadoes struck the region on Wednesday night, [...]
H1N1 swine flu virus discovered in marine mammals
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Scientists at the University of California, Davis, detected the H1N1 swine flu virus in free-ranging northern elephant seals a year after the human pandemic began, according to a study published on Wednesday. [...]
N. Korea says American jailed for 15 years transferred to ‘special prison’
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (BNO NEWS) -- A Korean American man who was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor after being found guilty of plotting to overthrow the North Korean government has begun serving his sentence at a 'special prison,' state-run [...]
Libya: At least 15 killed in car bomb attack outside Benghazi hospital
BENGHAZI, LIBYA (BNO NEWS) -- A deadly car bomb attack in eastern Libya killed at least fifteen people, local authorities said Monday.
The attack took place at the parking lot of the Al-Jala Hospital located in in the city of Benghazi, the [...]
Deep magnitude-7.0 quake strikes off the Northern Mariana Islands
SAIPAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (BNO NEWS) -- A powerful but deep earthquake struck near the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on Tuesday, seismologists said, but no tsunami alerts were issued and neither damage nor casualties [...]
U.S. urges N. Korea to free American jailed for 15 years
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (BNO NEWS) -- The U.S. government on Thursday called on North Korea to grant amnesty and release immediately a Korean American man who has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor after being found guilty of plotting to [...]
Militants kill 3 police officers, 2 teens in southwest Russia
MAKHACHKALA, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two teenagers were killed Wednesday when a bomb exploded near a store in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, local authorities said. It came just hours after three police officers in the same region were [...]
Remains found of 4 U.S. sailors who died in Vietnam War chopper crash
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The remains of four U.S. service members who went missing when their helicopter was shot down during a rescue operation over North Vietnam in 1967 have been recovered, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on [...]
Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills top militant from al-Qaeda-influenced group
GAZA CITY, GAZA (BNO NEWS) -- A top militant from a shadowy hard-line Muslim group was killed Tuesday when Israeli forces carried out an airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip, Israeli and Hamas officials said. It happened as an Israeli settler [...]
Yacht carrying 3 Dutch nationals missing in the North Sea
STONEHAVEN, SCOTLAND (BNO NEWS) -- A boat carrying three Dutch crew members has been reported missing after failing to arrive in Norway after departing Scotland's northeastern coast earlier this month, British officials said on Monday, just [...]