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More suspected plane debris washes ashore on Maldive...
Debris believed to be part of an aircraft has washed ashore on an uninhabited island in the Maldives. The fragment, sus...

Eight people found slain inside Houston-area home
Saturday night, police in Houston, Texas, United States, discovered eight people killed in a home. Six of the victims w...

The location of Tianjin within China. (Image: ASDFGH.)

Huge explosions in Tianjin, China
The Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that there have been two massive explosions within seconds of each other, at about 11:30 local time, in a warehouse in the port of Dongjiang in Tianjin, a city of 15 million, near Beijing, in north-east China. At least thirteen people have been killed and between 250 and 400 people injured. Two firefighters are also belie...

Photo of suspected plane debris that washed ashore the Maldive Kaafu Atoll on May 31. (Image: Mohamed Wafir (via Facebook).)

Malaysia says debris found in Maldives could be from...
Malaysian officials stated Wednesday, some of the debris found in the Maldives will be brought back to Malaysia to determine if they are from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) as they now believe. A team arrived Tuesday in Maldives to take charge of the debris, which had previously been disposed of as trash. "We [Malaysia] have an understanding with the au...

Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea (Image: Nicor.)

Report: Vice-premier of North Korea executed
A report published Wednesday by the Yonhap News Agency claims vice premier Choe Yong-gon of North Korea was executed in May. The report, which cites an unnamed source, has not been confirmed by Wikinews or other agencies. The government of North Korea rarely makes statements about its internal affairs. According to the report, the 63-year-old Choe had disagre...

The store front of the IKEA in Västerås, Sweden, where the attack occurred (Image: Senil Anka.)

Two slain in knife attack at Swedish IKEA furniture ...
Two people were killed yesterday afternoon and another seriously injured in Västerås, Sweden. The injured man is considered a suspect in the knife attack and was arrested in hospital. Another man was arrested at the scene, which was an IKEA furniture retailer. According to police, the two fatalities do not have any obvious connection to the suspects, but did k...

Malaysia to investigate suspected plane debris washe...
After published reports stated suspected plane debris washed up on several Maldives islands, Malaysia has stated it will send a team of investigators to examine it. Investigators are to try to determine if the debris came from a plane before taking any further action. "I urge all parties to allow for the verification process to take its due course. Once it is...

Location of Kaafu Atoll within the Maldives. (Image: TUBS.)

Suspected plane debris washes ashore on several Mald...
Authorities are investigating what's left of debris believed to belong to a plane, that washed ashore several small islands in the Maldives. The investigation began as a result of photos of the debris being uploaded to the social networking website Facebook. Some of the debris is reported to have washed ashore as early as May 31 and was found on a beach owned ...

File photo of Mark Everson (Image: U.S. Government.)

U.S. presidential candidate Mark Everson challenges ...
U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate Mark Everson, former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), filed a complaint on Monday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to challenge his exclusion from Thursday's first Fox News Republican Party presidential debate. Everson argues his exclusion violates Title 11 of the U.S. Code of Federal Re...

Istituto Gonzaga, a catholic school in Milan. (Image: Friedrichstrasse.)

Local municipalities in Italy ask taxes from religio...
The request of the municipalities results from the sentence of the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation on July 8, recognising as legitimate the request of the Municipality of Livorno asking religious schools to pay property taxes. Requests have come from the Municipality of Bogliasco, next to Genova, and from the deputies of Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) of the reg...

Portrait of former Indian president Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, also known as the Missile Man of India; 2008. (Image: M. Prasanna Kumar.)

Former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam dies at age 83
Yesterday, former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam died at the age of 83 after collapsing at about 6:30 p.m. local time (0000 today UTC) while delivering a speech about Livable Planet Earth at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong, in Meghalaya, India. Abdul Kalam was taken to Bethany Hospital's intensive care unit and was declared dead about an hour and...

A C-130 similar to the accident aircraft. (Image: Erik l.)

C-130 Hercules crashes in Medan, Indonesia
On Tuesday, an Indonesian Air Force C-130 Hercules crashed in the city of Medan, Indonesia. All 122 people on board were killed as well as people on the ground in the city in North Sumatra, according to North Sumatra police Major A. Tarigan. Officials said the plane exploded on impact into a big fireball. A C-130 similar to the accident aircraft. Image: E...

Graffiti stencil of Khader Adnan, Ramallah, 2012. (Image: Friends123.)

Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan stops hunger strik...
Khader Adnan, a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, has stopped his hunger strike. According to media reports on Monday, Adnan ceased his strike after achieving an agreement with Israel entailing his release from administrative detention. Adnan's strike lasted over 50 days, and he was in mortal danger for the last couple of weeks. Du...

File photo of Annabel Goldie. (Image: Wsdouglas.)

Former Scottish Conservatives leader Annabel Goldie ...
Annabel Goldie, Scottish Conservative Party leader from 2005 to 2011, has announced she will stand down as an MSP at the next elections in 2016. Goldie, who has been an MSP for the West Scotland (previously West of Scotland) electoral region since the Scottish Parliament's formation in 1999, said she intends to focus on her role in the House of Lords, where sh...

File photo of Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra. (Image: Media House of Chief Ministers Office, Mantralaya, Mumbai< Maharashtra, India.)

Dozens dead in Mumbai after consuming toxic alcohol
Police said five people have been arrested for the transport and sale of the alcohol with three men ages 30 to 50 taken into police custody on Thursday night, and eight police suspended for failing to prevent the incident. An investigation has been ordered by Devendra Fadnavis, the present chief minister of Maharashtra state. Illicit alcohol is commonly sold...

16-year-old girl charged with attempted murder in Me...
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Kennedy, pictured in 2006, died on Monday. (Image: catch21productions.)

Major haemorrhage linked to alcoholism announced as ...
Charles Kennedy, former UK Liberal Democrats leader, died of a major haemorrhage linked to his alcohol addiction, his family announced in a statement yesterday. Kennedy, a Scottish former Member of Parliament, died unexpectedly on Monday at the age of 55. His family said in the statement, "Charles's death was caused by a major haemorrhage and the report makes...

The Right Honorable Charles Kennedy, pictured in 2009 (Image: Moniker42.)

Charles Kennedy, former Liberal Democrats leader, di...
Charles Kennedy, British former Member of Parliament who once led the Liberal Democrats, has died at age 55. He was found dead on Monday at his home in Fort William, Scotland by his partner, Carole Macdonald. Kennedy was a Member of Parliament for 32 years, losing his seat in the 2015 general election to the Scottish National Party just under a month ago. He ...

File photo of Beau Biden, 2013. (Image: Doug Gansler.)

Beau Biden, son of US vice president, dies at 46
After being diagnosed less than two years ago, Beau underwent treatment and was considered recovered, but was recently admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland due to return of the cancer. Biden released a statement through the White House. Noting the family was with Beau when he died, he said, "It is with broken hearts t...

Official portrait of John Kerry, 2013. (Image: US Department of State.)

Kerry hospitalized after cycling accident
Kerry was in Geneva on Saturday for talks with the Iranian Foreign Minister, Muhammad Javad Zarif, on the Iranian nuclear program. As a result of the accident Kerry has canceled his official trips, including an international conference on Islamic State (ISIS). Kerry was taken to Geneva's HUG medical centre by helicopter and after an X-ray examination it was c...

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