MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) — Mexican police have arrested a suspected cartel leader who is accused of ordering the murders of at least 1,500 people, including three U.S. consulate workers, in the northern state of Chihuahua, officials said on Sunday.

Edu…

WEWAK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (BNO NEWS) — A strong earthquake struck off the mainland of Papua New Guinea on late Monday morning, seismologists said. It was not immediately known if there were casualties.

The 6.8-magnitude earthquake at 9.38 a.m. local ti…

WEWAK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (BNO NEWS) — A strong earthquake struck off the mainland of Papua New Guinea on late Monday morning, seismologists said, but no tsunami warnings were issued.

The 6.8-magnitude earthquake at 9.38 a.m. local time (2338 GMT Sunda…

WEWAK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (BNO NEWS) — A strong earthquake struck off the mainland of Papua New Guinea on late Monday morning, seismologists said, but no tsunami warnings were issued.

The 6.8-magnitude earthquake at 9.38 a.m. local time (2338 GMT Sunda…

WEWAK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (BNO NEWS) — Strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes near New Guinea in Papau New Guinea, tsunami warning center reports.
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SRINAGAR, KASHMIR (BNO NEWS) — At least six people were injured on Sunday during violent clashes between government forces and protesters in Indian-administered Kashmir following the death of a youth in police custody.

According to eyewitnesses, hund…

MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) — Eight people have been confirmed dead and a ninth person is presumed to have drowned after a pleasure boat collided with a cargo barge and sank in the Moscow River on Sunday, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said.

A spokesperson for…

PAPUA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — At least 17 people were killed on Sunday in a clash between two rival political groups in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua province, police said.

The clash occurred early in the morning between supporters of rival politicia…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. President Barack Obama have both condemned the Syrian government’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters across the country on Sunday.

According to activists, Sunday’…