Dutch Safety Board: Buk missile downed MH17 in Ukraine, hits cockpit
Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 14:40
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was destroyed by a Buk surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine, the Dutch Safety Board said Tuesday as it presented the results of an official probe into the...
Insurgents shell Russian embassy in Syria during rally
Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 10:24
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Insurgents have fired two shells at the Russian embassy in the Syrian capital as scores of pro-government supporters gathered outside the compound to thank Moscow for its intervention in...
Man released after spending 28 years in prison for wrongful conviction
Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 09:37
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
A man imprisoned for 28 years for the 1987 slayings of two people in Dallas was released Monday after his conviction based on now-discredited bite-mark analysis was overturned. Steven Mark Chaney...
363-kilogramme man says he's determined to slim down, live a life
Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 09:32
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
A Rhode Island man who weighs nearly 800 pounds (363 kilograms) says he's determined to slim down and he dreams of becoming an actor one day. Steven Assanti, of Cranston, refers to himself now as...
Czech woman convicted of killing her three babies, gets 24 years
Monday, 12 October 2015, 13:21
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
A court official says a Czech woman has been convicted of killing her three newborn babies and was sentenced to 24 years in prison. Simona Tesarova, spokeswoman for the regional court in the city...
Report: Turkish investigators focus probe on Islamic State militants
Monday, 12 October 2015, 13:19
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Turkish investigators were close to identifying one of the suicide bombers in Turkey's deadliest attacks in years, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday, adding that the Islamic State group was...