AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) — A Dutch Navy vessel on Friday rescued seventeen people who were being held hostage on a suspected pirate dhow off the coast of Somalia, the Dutch Ministry of Defense said. Eleven suspected pirates were taken int…

BEIJING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — At least twenty-five people have been killed and dozens more remain missing after severe hail storms and torrential rains hit parts of a mountainous region in northwestern China on late Thursday afternoon, officials said on…

DUSHAN COUNTY, GUIZHOU, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — Rescue workers in southwestern China are searching for six villagers who entered an abandoned mine and became trapped after being poisoned by toxic gas, state-run media reported on Thursday.

The incident hap…

KHARKIV, UKRAINE (BNO NEWS) — Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has ended her hunger strike after almost three weeks, a German doctor who has been treating her said on Wednesday.

Dr. Lutz Harms, from the Ch…

GUADALAJARA, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) — Fifteen mutilated bodies were found in two abandoned vehicles in western Mexico on Wednesday, officials said on Thursday, in what appears to be the latest violence as a result of the country’s deadly drug war.

The bod…

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (BNO NEWS) — A civil police helicopter crashed in central Brazil on Tuesday afternoon, killing eight people including a suspect in the brutal murders of seven people, officials said on Wednesday. There were no survivors.

The acciden…

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (BNO NEWS) — More than 80 refugees have died so far this year in their attempts to reach Europe from Libya, according to figures released by the United Nations (UN) on Tuesday. The numbers are down from last year when a protest wav…

TAIPEI, TAIWAN (BNO NEWS) — Two passenger buses collided in a tunnel in northeastern Taiwan on Monday after one of them attempted to avoid hitting a car, killing two people and injuring nearly two dozen others, police said on Tuesday.

The accident oc…

TAIPEI, TAIWAN (BNO NEWS) — Two passenger buses collided in a tunnel in northeastern Taiwan on Monday after one of them attempted to avoid hitting a car, killing two people and injuring nearly two dozen others, police said on Tuesday.

The accident oc…