RYONGYON-RI, North Korea (AP) – The village elder put his shovel aside, stooped down by a scraggly bush and pulled a sack from the freshly turned dirt. Spreading open the sack, he reached in to reveal femurs, skull and jaw fragments, boots and a rusted green helmet. “These are your …
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Reports: 2nd suspect believed in Brussels subway attack.
BRUSSELS (AP) – A second attacker is suspected of taking part in the bombing this week of a Brussels subway train and may be at large, according to Belgian and French media reports, amid signs that the same Islamic State network was behind the attacks in Brussels and bloodshed in …
Read More »Syrian forces enter IS-held Palmyra; intense clashes with IS
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – Backed by Russian airstrikes, Syrian government forces on Thursday pushed into the ancient town of Palmyra that has been held by the Islamic State group since May, state TV reported, as an Iraqi military spokesman announced the start of a long-awaited military operation to recapture the …
Read More »After 27 years, Nobel panel condemns Rushdie death threats
STOCKHOLM (AP) – The Swedish Academy, which selects the winners of the Nobel Prize in literature, has condemned an Iranian death warrant against British writer Salman Rushdie, 27 years after it was pronounced. Two members quit the academy in 1989 after it refused to condemn Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini’s fatwa against …
Read More »Victim families mark 1 year since doomed Germanwings flight
LE VERNET, France (AP) – In a solemn day of remembrance, grieving families gathered on Thursday in a French Alpine village to pay homage to loved ones a year after the co-pilot of a Germanwings plane flew the passenger jet into a mountainside, killing all 150 people aboard. Some 800 …
Read More »Activist investor seeks to replace Yahoo’s entire board
NEW YORK (AP) – Starboard Value LP says it wants to replace Yahoo’s entire board, setting up a battle between the activist investor and the faded Internet company. Starboard on Thursday nominating nine people to the board. Tension between Starboard and Yahoo has been escalating. Yahoo named two new directors …
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