By Krista Mahr and Ross Adkin CHARIKOT, Nepal (Reuters) – A day-long search failed to find a missing U.S. Marine helicopter on Wednesday, a day after the second Nepal earthquake in less than three weeks killed scores and triggered landslides across the Himalayan nation. Nepal is still reeling from last month’s devastating quake that killed more than 8,000 people and injured close to 20,000. The U.S. helicopter was delivering aid
By Krista Mahr and Ross Adkin CHARIKOT, Nepal (Reuters) – A day-long search failed to find a missing U.S. Marine helicopter on Wednesday, a day after the second Nepal earthquake in less than three weeks killed scores and triggered landslides across the Himalayan nation. Nepal is still reeling from last month’s devastating quake that killed more than 8,000 people and injured close to 20,000. The U.S. helicopter was delivering aid
Dozens of others were injured when the New York-bound train crashed in Philadelphia.
Closing arguments are set for today in the federal trial of admitted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
By Mohammed Ghobari and Mohammed Mukhashaf CAIRO/ADEN (Reuters) – A five-day truce in Yemen appeared to be broadly holding on Wednesday, despite reports of air strikes overnight by Saudi-led forces and continued military activity by the country’s dominant Iranian-allied Houthi group. Witnesses in the southwestern city of Abyan said warplanes had hit positions there after the Houthi seized the area following the start late on Tuesday of the ceasefire, which
By Mohammed Ghobari and Mohammed Mukhashaf CAIRO/ADEN (Reuters) – A five-day truce in Yemen appeared to be broadly holding on Wednesday, despite reports of air strikes overnight by Saudi-led forces and continued military activity by the country’s dominant Iranian-allied Houthi group. Witnesses in the southwestern city of Abyan said warplanes had hit positions there after the Houthi seized the area following the start late on Tuesday of the ceasefire, which
Closing arguments are set for today in the federal trial of admitted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Japanese auto giants Toyota and Nissan on Wednesday said they were recalling 6.5 million vehicles globally in the latest chapter of an exploding airbag crisis linked to several deaths. The world’s biggest automaker said its recall of five million vehicles affected 35 models globally produced between 2003 and 2007, while Nissan said it was calling back 1.56 million vehicles also due to faulty airbags made by embattled supplier Takata. “This
By Tom Perry, Mariam Karouny and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Syrian army made big advances against insurgents in mountains north of Damascus on Wednesday, Hezbollah and Syrian state media said, shoring up President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on a crucial border zone. The gains in the Qalamoun region close to Lebanon against groups including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front come at a time when Assad has
By Tom Perry, Mariam Karouny and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Syrian army made big advances against insurgents in mountains north of Damascus on Wednesday, Hezbollah and Syrian state media said, shoring up President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on a crucial border zone. The gains in the Qalamoun region close to Lebanon against groups including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front come at a time when Assad has
