El FASHER, SUDAN (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations monitoring panel on Monday informed that it is monitoring and touring polling centers as the week-long vote entered its second day. Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa is leading the three-me…

TUCSON, ARIZONA (BNO NEWS) — For the first time since Jared Loughner opened fire at a supermarket in Arizona on Saturday, killing six people and injuring more than a dozen others including U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, their family released a…

TEHRAN, IRAN (BNO NEWS) — One of the suspects arrested over the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist said on Tuesday that he and the other detainees were trained in Israel, the state-run Fars news agency reported.

“I became acquainted with a…

MINSK, BELARUS (BNO NEWS) — Belarusian police on Tuesday filed charges against 31 participants of post-election mass protests, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Hundreds of people joined the protests that took place on December 19 and December 20 in M…

GAZA (BNO NEWS) — The Israeli Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday killed one Palestinian after an air strike operation in the southern Gaza Strip, the Jerusalem Post reported.

The IAF operation was conducted in retaliation for the latest round of missiles fir…

Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire (BNO NEWS) – At least two civilians and three police officers were killed on Tuesday in Abidjan, the largest city in Côte D’Ivoire, according to media reports.

Shots were fired amid clashes between supporters of incumbent Laur…

PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS (BNO NEWS) — Mauritian investigators on Tuesday questioned the husband of the Irish woman found dead in her hotel room during her honeymoon over the weekend, the L’express newspaper reported.

Investigators from the Major Crimes…

SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN (BNO NEWS) — Spanish and French authorities on Monday announced the detention of two men suspected of being members of the Basque separatist group ETA.

According to the Gara newspaper, Iraitz Gesalaga was arrested in the southwes…

KABUL (BNO NEWS) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that U.S. troops will stay in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 deadline if Afghans want them and need them.

According to Obama’s administration, U.S. troops are scheduled to begin drawing do…

ZEVENAAR, NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) — An international passenger train and a freight train collided in eastern the Netherlands on Tuesday morning, police said, but there were no reports of casualties.

The collision happened just before noon local time n…