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NORCROSS, GEORGIA (BNO NEWS) — Five people were killed on late Tuesday evening in a suspected murder-suicide at a health spa in an Atlanta suburb, police said on Wednesday.

Police said three men and two women were found dead at the Su Jung Health Sa…

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MONTERREY, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) — Three inmates were killed on Tuesday when a riot broke out at a prison near the metropolitan area of Monterrey in northern Mexico, an official said on Wednesday. It comes days after another deadly riot.

Nuevo León stat…

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YAOUNDE, CAMEROON (BNO NEWS) — Poachers in northern Cameroon have slaughtered as many as 300 elephants for their tusks in the last month alone, a dramatic increase from previous years, officials said on Tuesday.

The killings, originally reported by t…

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RAMALLAH/GENEVA (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, on Tuesday urged the Israeli government to release Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan who is being held wi…

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BRASILIA, BRAZIL (BNO NEWS) — Officials at the United Nations (UN) on Monday condemned the murders of two journalists in Brazil earlier this month and have called for a thorough investigation to find those responsible.

Earlier this month, on February…

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PALEMBANG, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — At least four people were killed on Sunday morning when two freight trains collided on Indonesia’s island of Sumatra, local media reported on Monday. Two others were injured.

The accident happened at around 5:30 a.m…

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MONTERREY, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) — Dozens of prisoners were reported missing on Monday after a riot broke out at a prison in northern Mexico a day earlier, killing 44 people, officials said.

The riot broke out at around 2 a.m. local time on Sunday after…

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DJIBOUTI CITY, DJIBOUTI (BNO NEWS) — A U.S. Air Force plane crashed near an airport in the African nation of Djibouti on late Saturday evening, killing four service members, U.S. military officials said on Monday. The cause of the accident was not imm…

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GUADALAJARA, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) — Three young children were found dead at their home in western Mexico on Friday after they were allegedly attacked by their father, police said on Saturday. The children’s mother was seriously injured.

Police said offi…