Turkish flight diverts to Casablanca due to bomb threat
Monday, 30 March 2015, 15:07
Last update: about 13 years ago
Associated Press
Turkish Airlines says it has diverted an Istanbul-to-Sao Paulo flight and is landing in Casablanca, Morocco, after finding a note with the word "bomb" in the toilet. The airline says it is...
Former Israeli Premier Olmert convicted in corruption case
Monday, 30 March 2015, 11:41
Last update: about 13 years ago
Associated Press
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was convicted Monday of unlawfully accepting money from a U.S. supporter in a retrial on corruption charges, the latest chapter in the downfall of a man who...
French conservatives win key local voting, government left loses
Monday, 30 March 2015, 06:49
Last update: about 13 years ago
Associated Press
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy blasted the "lies, denial and impotence" of France's governing Socialists after estimates showed his conservative party and their allies chalked up wins...
Small tsunami generated in Pacific after earthquake
Monday, 30 March 2015, 06:44
Last update: about 13 years ago
Associated Press
A powerful earthquake rattled the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday, generating a small tsunami and frightening locals near the epicenter, but prompting no reports of damage or...
Assad loses second province to Islamist rebels
Saturday, 28 March 2015, 17:20
Last update: about 13 years ago
Islamist groups including Al-Qaida's Nusra Front have seized the city of Idlib for the first time in Syria's civil war, fighters and a monitoring group said today. By taking Idlib, capital of a...