Sneha Shankar
International Business Times
Bengaluru, KA, India
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Norway Helicopter Crash: Chopper With 13 People On Board Crashes, Reports Say No Survivors Found
The chopper was reportedly carrying workers from Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil ASA’s oil field on the North Sea to the city of Bergen. No survivors have been found so far. → Read More
EgyptAir Plane With Over 60 Passengers Hijacked, Lands In Cyprus
The domestic flight, with over 60 people on board, was reportedly travelling from the Egyptian port city of Alexandria to Cairo. → Read More
Bangladesh Court Upholds Islam As State’s Religion, Rejecting Plea
Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami called for a nationwide strike to protest the legal move to scrap Islam as the state religion. → Read More
Brussels Attacks: Salah Abdeslam ‘Didn’t Know’ About Bombings, Officials Search For Second Suspect In Maelbeek Blast
There had been speculation that Tuesday’s bombings were in retaliation to Salah Abdeslam’s arrest in Belgium last week. → Read More
Brussels Airport Blasts: 2 Explosions, Multiple Casualties Reported
The airport building is being evacuated after two explosions, the airport announced on Twitter. → Read More
Brussels Airport Blasts: 2 Explosions, Multiple Casualties Reported; Blast At Metro Station Also
The airport building is being evacuated after two explosions, all flights have been cancelled and the terror level in Brussels has been raised to the maximum. → Read More
Brussels Airport Blasts: 2 Explosions, Multiple Casualties Reported; Blasts At Metro Stations Also
All flights to and from the airport have been cancelled or diverted, and Belgium raised its terror level to the maximum even as reports said the blasts were a suicide attack. → Read More
Kim Jong Un Lauds Rocket Launcher Test As US, South Korean Officials Prepare To Meet
A North Korean propaganda website also published a short video showing a possible attack on South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her office. → Read More
Spain Crash: Bus Carrying Students Collides With Car, At Least 14 Killed, Several Injured
A local Catalan minister said that preliminary investigation showed the accident was due to human error. → Read More
EU-Turkey Deal: Greece Delays Returning Refugees, Says It Needs More Time To Implement Agreement
According to the agreement, refugees reaching Greek islands will be sent back to Turkey, and for every Syrian returned, the EU will resettle one from a Turkish camp. → Read More
Ebola In Guinea: Fourth Person Dies Of Virus Days After WHO Declares End Of Flare-Up In Neighboring Sierra Leone
The latest death in Guinea comes days after the WHO declared the flare-up in neighboring Sierra Leone over. → Read More
Explosion Hits Istanbul's Tourist Hotspot, Casualties Reported
The blast at a popular tourist area in the city comes just days after a suicide attack killed 37 people in the capital of Ankara. → Read More
ISIS ‘Significantly Expanded’ Its Hold In Libya Amid Political And Security Vacuum: UN Report
The United Nations says in a report that the Islamic State group is capitalizing on the political and security vacuum in Libya to grow its network. → Read More
South Korea Will Continue Sending Humanitarian Aid To North Korea Despite Sanctions
The latest announcement follows Seoul’s decision to impose tough sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program and missile tests. → Read More
Syria Mostly Calm As US, Russia-Brokered Ceasefire Comes Into Effect
The U.S.- and Russia-brokered truce, if it holds, will be the first successful peace effort in five years of the country's civil war. → Read More
Iran Executed All Men In A Village Over Drug Offenses, Government Official Reveals
The government official revealed the information in an interview this week without disclosing the name of the village or the timeline of the executions. → Read More
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Supervises Anti-Tank Laser-Guided Rocket Test-Fire
The report about the new anti-tank guided weapon test comes as world powers draft some of the harshest sanctions yet against North Korea. → Read More
WikiLeaks Says US Spied On Meetings Of UN Chief, Angela Merkel, Benjamin Netanyahu
The latest documents claim that the U.S. also spied on a climate change meeting, with an aim to protect large oil companies. → Read More
US Airstrikes On ISIS Camp In Libya Kills Over 30 Recruits: Report
American warplanes were targeting Tunisian ISIS operative Noureddine Chouchane, linked to two major attacks in Tunisia last year, according to the New York Times. → Read More
North Korea Preparing To Conduct Cyber, Terror Attacks In South Korea, Intelligence Officials Say
The South Korean report comes as Seoul called for the U.N. Security Council to impose strict sanctions against Pyongyang over its Feb. 7 satellite launch. → Read More