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KABUL (BNO NEWS) — Two Afghan civilians were killed on Saturday and others were injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden truck outside a U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on early Sunday.
The attack happened…
BEIJING (BNO NEWS) — The Chinese government on Saturday strongly condemned a meeting between Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, saying it damaged relations between both countries.
Chinese Foreign Mi…
COLOMBO (BNO NEWS) — The Sri Lankan government on Saturday strongly condemned the international human rights group Amnesty International for questioning the country’s commission which is investigating the last seven years of war against Tamil Tiger re…
ABUJA (BNO NEWS) — At least 12 people, including seven young siblings, have been killed as a result of renewed sectarian violence in central Nigeria, local media reported on Saturday.
Fulani herdsmen reportedly stormed a village in Barakin-Ladi Local…
MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) — The bodies of the 14 members of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team who died in a plane crash on Wednesday were buried in the Russian city of Yaroslavl on Saturday, local media reported.
The Yak-Service Airlines plane, with 37…
BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) — Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra plans to seek the release of two Thai activists jailed in a Cambodian prison during her one-day official visit to Phnom Penh on Thursday, Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul…
CAIRO (BNO NEWS) — Israel’s ambassador to Egypt left Cairo on Saturday after three Egyptians were killed and hundreds were injured during a protest outside the Israeli embassy, the Al-Ahram state-owned newspaper reported.
Three civilians were killed …
ZANZIBAR (BNO NEWS) — A ferry carrying at least 600 and as many as 1,000 people capsized between two islands in the Zanzibar archipelago, off Tanzania, on early Saturday morning, officials and residents said. Many are feared to have drowned.
The acci…
CAIRO (BNO NEWS) — More than 2,000 Egyptian protesters gathered in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Friday to dismantle a concrete wall which was set up by security forces around the premises, the Al-Ahram state-owned newspaper reported.
Prot…
SEATTLE (BNO NEWS) — The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday said it will fine Alaska Airlines nearly $600,000 for allegedly operating aircraft while they were not in compliance with federal regulations due to improper installations.
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