MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) — Tens of thousands of Russians on Saturday participated in rallies across the country both in support and against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, local news agencies reported.
Protesters gathered in downtown Moscow to express their …
DAMASCUS (BNO NEWS) — Syrian security forces have killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs, opposition groups claimed on Saturday. The killings occurred on the thirtieth anniversary of the Hama massacre which left thousands killed.
The opposit…
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN/GENEVA (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations (UN) on Saturday expressed its concern after at least 78 people were killed during massive cattle raids in South Sudan. Several others remain missing, while dozens have been injured.
The attack…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — The United States unemployment rate for the month of January dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest number in nearly three years, the U.S. Labor Department (DoL) announced.
In its January 2012 Employment Situation report, wh…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — The United States unemployment rate for the month of January dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest number in nearly three years, the U.S. Labor Department (DoL) announced.
In its January 2012 Employment Situation report, wh…
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BNO NEWS) — Hungary’s state-run Malev airline company on Friday announced it would immediately cease its operations as Europe’s economic crisis claims its second airline.
With debts totaling up to 60 billion forint ($270 million), …
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Suspected Taliban militants attacked a border post in the northwestern region of Pakistan on Friday, officials said on Saturday, killing at least seven Pakistani soldiers. More than a dozen militants were also killed.
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PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least seven Pakistani soldiers and 18 suspected militants were killed on Friday in an attack in the country’s northwestern tribal region, officials said on Saturday.
The clash happened when rebels attacked a border …
BOISE, IDAHO (BNO NEWS) — Micron Technology, Inc. chief executive officer and chairman Steve Appleton was killed on early Friday morning when his small plane crashed in western Idaho, the company said. He was 51.
The accident happened at around 9 a.m…
CAIRO, EGYPT (BNO NEWS) — Four people have died during ongoing clashes with Egyptian security forces as protesters have rallied across the country against the military regime, local media reported on Friday.
Thousands of protesters took to the street…
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — Syrian security forces have detained and tortured children with impunity during the past year, a rights group claimed on Friday. Hundreds of children have been killed as the government continues its crackdown on rebels and protes…
NAIROBI (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations (UN) on Friday declared an end to the famine in Somalia but warned that, with recurrent droughts in the Horn of Africa, hunger remains a threat, officials said.
According to a new report by the UN’s Food and A…
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia has increased the sentence of a former Khmer Rouge jailer to life in prison, the Phnom Penh Post reported on Friday.
Kaing Guek Eav, commonly known by his alias Duch, ha…
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BNO NEWS) — Three people were killed on late Friday morning when a passenger train collided with a heavy construction vehicle in northeastern India, officials said. More than 50 people others were injured.
The accident happened at a…
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) — Six people were killed on early Thursday afternoon when a bomb exploded in front of a police station in western Colombia, the second similar attack in as many days, local authorities said on Friday.
The attack happened a…
