HARARE, ZIMBABWE (BNO NEWS) — At least 75 workers were rescued unharmed on Tuesday after they became trapped in a platinum mine in southern Zimbabwe a day earlier, the company said. There are conflicting reports about the number of miners involved in …
LUXI COUNTY, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — Seven people were trapped on Monday when part of a coal mine collapsed in southwestern China, state-run media reported on Tuesday, but their conditions were not immediately known. Three mine workers have been rescued so…
PENUKONDA, INDIA (BNO NEWS) — A passenger train collided with a freight train in southern India on early Tuesday morning, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens more, officials said. It is the deadliest train accident in India so far this year…
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (BNO NEWS) — An international operation has identified more than 50 people in 20 countries who allegedly used popular social networking websites to share child pornography, officials announced on Tuesday. Several abused childre…
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Insurgents attacked coalition service members in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing one of them, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a brief statement on Tuesday. A U.S. soldier has a…
TEHRAN, IRAN (BNO NEWS) — Fourteen people who were previously convicted of drug trafficking have been hanged in the Iranian capital of Tehran, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Mass executions of mostly drug traffickers are regularly carried out in the cou…
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) — More than 100 suspected militants attacked a group of Colombian service members in the northern region of the country on Monday morning, killing 12 and injuring several others, defense officials said on Tuesday.
The atta…
SANA’A, YEMEN (BNO NEWS) — At least 120 people were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber, reportedly wearing an army uniform, blew himself up during a military parade rehearsal in Yemen, the government said on Tuesday. Hundreds more were injured.
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KARAAĞAÇ, TURKEY (BNO NEWS) — Six Turkish students drowned in the Mediterranean Sea in southern Turkey on Monday when they went swimming during a stopover while returning from a field trip, local media reported on Tuesday.
The group of nineteen Qur…
ENTOKOZWENI, SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) — Seven people were killed on early Monday morning when an overloaded taxi overturned in the eastern region of South Africa, emergency officials said. Several other passengers were seriously injured.
The accident…
Joplin, MO (Channel 6 News) – Monday night’s graduation ceremony was personal, despite the eye of the national media for the students of Joplin High School. After the city was torn to shreds by deadly tornadoes nearly a year ago, Obama returned once again to give the High School commencement address. Obama called the students an [...]
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Niagara Falls, NY (Channel 6 News) — Seven rescuers struggled to carry the basket containing a man who attempted Suicide Sunday. After being airlifted to the nearby Hamilton General Hospital, the man survived a normally deadly plunge of at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls. Police are ruling the incident as an apparent suicide attempt. Niagara Parks [...]
LONDON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) — Robin Gibb, the singer who formed the legendary group the Bee Gees with his two other brothers and together defined the disco-era in the 1970s, died at a hospital in England on Sunday, his family and sources said. He was 6…
(Channel 6 News)– French authorities are investigating Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s involvement with acts that allegedly took place in Washington, that could constitute gang rape. “Following the decision by the examining magistrates, who are in charge of the affair known as the ‘Carlton affair,’ they have reason to believe … pertaining to events which allegedly took place [...]
