Francis Whittaker
North Korea Bans Foreigners From Pyongyang Marathon Over Ebola Fears
The country shut its doors to foreign tourists over fears of the virus in October, even though there are no cases near the isolated nation.
Francis Whittaker
Four Dead, Including Gunman, After Domestic Disturbance In Texas
The deaths in Killeen ended a standoff with a police SWAT team.
Francis Whittaker
Dozens Dead In Triple Bombing In Libya
Three car bomb explosions hit the eastern city of al-Qubbah on Friday.
Francis Whittaker
At Least 10 Killed In Twin Bombings At Luxury Somalia Hotel
Several government officials were inside a hotel in central Mogadishu when Islamist militants initiated a combination car-bomb and suicide bomber attack, officials said.
Francis Whittaker
Burundi Journalist Who Refused To Give Up Source Is Freed
"I'm free at last." Thousands took to the street after radio host Bob Rugurika, who refused to give up the identity of a source who claimed to be involved in the murder of Italian nuns, is released on bail.
Francis Whittaker
Mass Electrocution At Haiti Carnival Kills At Least 20
Electrical wires fell on a float during a parade in Port-au-Prince. Officials in Haiti canceled the last day of carnival and announced three days of mourning.
Francis Whittaker
Danish PM Says Shooter Was Not Part Of A Wide Terror Cell
Shootings at a Copenhagen cafe Saturday and a synagogue Sunday left two people dead. Later Sunday, police shot and killed a man they said was responsible for the attacks.
Ali Vingiano
Would-Be Suicide Bombers Get Into Iraqi Air Base Used By U.S. Forces
Eight bombers managed to get into the sprawling Ain Al-Asad air base, but were almost immediately killed by Iraqi security forces.
Francis Whittaker
Attack On Mosque In Peshawar Kills At Least 19
Gunfire and explosions have been reported following an apparent suicide attack on a Shia mosque in the wealthy Hayatabad area.
Francis Whittaker
Deadly Fighting Continues In Ukraine Ahead Of Cease-Fire
The agreement to down weapons is due to be enacted on Saturday night. However, Kiev says there has been no let-up in violence since the deal was reached in Minsk, Belarus yesterday.
Francis Whittaker
Former Korean Air Executive Jailed Over In-Flight "Nut Rage" Is Freed By Appeals Court
Heather Cho, the airline's former vice president and the daughter of its owner, was found guilty in February of violating aviation safety law for allegedly ordering a taxiing plane to return to the gate after an argument over how she was served macadamia nuts. Update: An appeals court on Thursday freed Cho, finding that she did not actually change the flight route.
Francis Whittaker
300 Migrants Missing In Mediterranean Sea
The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said the existence of another migrant boat from a group to have set sail from Libya at the weekend means hundreds are now feared to have drowned.
Francis Whittaker
Deadly Shelling In Ukraine Ahead Of Peace Talks
At least one person was killed in an attack on a bus station in Donetsk, as Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to join peace talks in Minsk today. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko also said 16 people were killed in a rocket strike in Kramatorsk on Tuesday.
Francis Whittaker
Assad Laughs Off Suggestions His Forces Use Barrel Bombs
The country's president, in an interview with the BBC, added that third parties have updated him on the U.S.-led operations against ISIS.
Francis Whittaker
At Least 3 Dead In Shelling Near Donetsk Hospital
Heavy shelling in the rebel-held stronghold in eastern Ukraine also damaged kindergartens and schools, according to local officials.
Francis Whittaker
TransAsia Pilots May Have Shutdown Wrong Engine Before Plane Crash
Preliminary findings released Friday suggest the pilots may have shut off fuel to the wrong engine in response to a "flame out." The death toll is at 43, including both pilots.
Jason Wells
Egyptian Court Upholds Mass Death Sentence For 183 People
Those sentenced are Muslim Brotherhood supporters convicted for a 2013 attack on a police station near Cairo.
Francis Whittaker
U.N. Court Says Serbia And Croatia Didn't Commit Genocide
The International Court of Justice said that while the two nations did commit crimes against each other during the 1990s Balkan conflict, they did not amount to genocide.
Francis Whittaker
21 Images That Show The Destruction After The Liberation Of Kobani
The Syrian border town was liberated this week after months of battles between ISIS fighters and Kurdish militias.These photographs show the damage that fighting has wrought in the town.
Francis Whittaker
16 People Dead In Suicide Bombing At Afghan Funeral
The service in eastern Laghman province was for victims of an earlier Taliban attack. Thirty-nine people were also wounded. It is the latest in a spate of attacks in the country.
Francis Whittaker
