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COVENTRY, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) — British police closed one of the country’s busiest motorways in both directions on Friday after two men were seen acting suspiciously before running away from a van, briefly raising fears that the vehicle could be carrying an explosive device, officials said. The...
LONDON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) — A friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the brutal murder of a British soldier on a London street earlier this week, was arrested by counter-terrorism police on late Friday evening after giving an interview to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Abu Nusaybah was interviewed by BBC journalist Richard Watson on Friday evening about his relationship...
Dead men tell no tales The man supposedly linked to deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev allegedly confessed to being involved in the murder of three people just before he was shot to death today by the FBI, sources told NBC News. “Sources say that what began as a drug ripoff ended in a triple homicide when Tsarnaev and friend Ibragim Todashev realized their victims would...
BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least three people were killed after a small airplane crashed in southern Kyrgyzstan, officials said Friday. The Antonov An-2 aircraft was carrying three people when it crashed at around 10 a.m. local time in the village of Zhyl-Kol in the country’s Aksy region of Jalal-Abad oblast, Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Emergency situations confirmed, Kabar...
QUITO, ECUADOR (BNO NEWS) — Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Friday was sworn in to begin his third consecutive term. Correa was sworn in on Friday morning in the country’s National Assembly. The presidents of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, Bolivia, Evo Morales, and Venezuea, Nicolas Maduro were among those present. In his speech, Correa underlined the importance of safeguarding the country’s...
HEFEI, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — At least seven people went missing after three ships collided in eastern China, local authorities said Friday. The accident occurred on the Yangtze River in Wuhu City, Anhui Province on Friday morning, when three different vessels crashed into each other on the Baimao Waterway, the Yangtze River Maritime Department said, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. A...
BARDSTOWN, KENTUCKY (BNO NEWS) — A uniformed police officer was shot and killed early Saturday morning while driving home from work on a highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky, state police said. There were no witnesses to the shooting and no arrests were immediately made. The incident was first reported at approximately 2:53 a.m. local time on Saturday when Post 4 of the Kentucky State Police...
QUETTA, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least twelve people were confirmed killed after a bomb attack targeted western Pakistani paramilitary forces on Thursday, local authorities said. The incident occurred in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan not far from the Afghan border, when the bomb, which was built with around 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of explosives, struck paramilitary truck....
KIRKUK, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) — At least twelve people were killed after a bomb attack targeted a mosque in northern Iraq. A gathering was being conducted in Zahra Husseiniya in southern Kirkuk when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, the National Iraqi News Agency reported on Thursday. According to reports, people were gathered for a funeral ceremony for an individual who was killed during...
KIGALI, RWANDA (BNO NEWS) — At least four people were confirmed killed after a building under construction collapsed in eastern Rwanda, local authorities said Wednesday. The four-story building located in the district of Nyagatare in Rwanda’s Eastern Province was under construction when it collapsed on Tuesday afternoon at around 3:30 p.m. local time. Local police confirmed four deaths,...
