Ethiopia says crashed jet’s black boxes show similarities to Lion Air disaster
ADDIS ABABA/WASHINGTON – The crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people had “clear similarities” with October’s Lion Air crash, Ethiopia said, shown by initial analysis of the…
China says 13,000 ‘terrorists’ arrested in Xinjiang since 2014
BEIJING – Authorities in China have arrested almost 13,000 “terrorists” in the restive far western region of Xinjiang since 2014, the government said, in a lengthy policy paper again defending…
After weeks of protests, Algeria PM starts talks on new government
ALGIERS – Algeria’s newly-appointed prime minister has started talks to form a new government, the state news agency reported, in a move designed to appease protesters demanding President Abdel Aziz…
Suspected white supremacist charged with murder after New Zealand mosque shootings
CHRISTCHURCH/WELLINGTON – Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged with murder on Saturday after 49 people were killed and dozens wounded in mass shootings at two…
French violence flares as yellow vest protests enter fourth month
PARIS – Rioters have set fire to a bank and ransacked stores on Paris’ landmark shopping street in a new flare-up of violence as France’s yellow vest protests against President…
Experts begin examining Ethiopia jet cockpit recorder
ADDIS ABABA/PARIS – Investigators hunting for the cause of the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed all 157 people on board have begun studying the cockpit voice recorder,…
Royal household split: Prince Harry and Meghan go it alone
LONDON – Britain’s Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan are to set up their own household, breaking away from the joint operation they shared with the Harry’s elder brother…
Boeing black box review begins in France, aviation world waits
PARIS/ADDIS ABABA – Investigators in France on Friday examined the black boxes of a Boeing 737 MAX that crashed in Ethiopia, as a spooked global airline industry waited to see…
New Zealand mosque attacker’s plan began and ended online
Online accounts linked to gun attacks that killed 49 people and wounded at least 20 at two New Zealand mosques on Friday had in recent days circulated white supremacist imagery…
Many dead in New Zealand shooting at two mosques during Friday prayers
WELLINGTON- A gunman has opened fire on Friday prayers at a mosque in New Zealand killing many worshippers and forcing the city of Christchurch into lockdown, in what looked set…
