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Dutch warship rescues 17 hostages from Somali pirates
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) — A Dutch Navy vessel on Friday rescued seventeen people who were being held hostage on a suspected pirate dhow off the coast of Somalia,… Read more
U.S. finds remains of soldier missing from Vietnam War plane crash
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — The remains of a U.S. service member who went missing in a plane crash on the south-central coast of Vietnam during the Vietnam War in… Read more
SANA: Rebels attack Syrian soldiers from sea, several killed
LATAKIA, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) — Armed rebels in inflatable boats attacked Syrian soldiers on the country’s Mediterranean coast on early Saturday morning, resulting in fatalities and injuries on both sides,… Read more
Danish warship rescues 12 hostages from Somali pirates
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (BNO NEWS) — A Danish Navy vessel on Wednesday rescued twelve people who were being held hostage on a pirate mother ship, officials said on late Thursday. They… Read more
Remains of U.S. airman missing from Vietnam War chopper crash identified
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — The remains of a U.S. Airman who went missing in a helicopter crash in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War in 1972 have been identified,… Read more
TAAG Angola Airlines orders three aircraft from Boeing
LUANDA, ANGOLA (BNO NEWS) — Angola’s TAAG Linhas Aereas de Angola (Angola Airlines) on Monday announced it has finalized an order for three additional aircraft from Boeing in a deal… Read more
Six-year-old Cambodian girl dies from bird flu
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (BNO NEWS) — A six-year-old girl died from bird flu in central Cambodia late last week, the country’s health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed… Read more
Sweden finds possible debris from missing Norwegian plane
OSLO, Norway (BNO NEWS) — Swedish forces on late Friday afternoon discovered possible debris from a Norwegian military transport plane which went missing over the Scandinavian Mountains on Thursday, officials… Read more
Syria’s deputy oil minister defects from Assad
DAMASCUS, Syria (BNO NEWS) — Syrian Deputy Oil Minister Abdu Hussameddin on Thursday announced his defection from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, becoming the first high-ranking civilian official to… Read more
Two teenage girls jump from apartment building near Moscow
LOBNYA, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) — Two teenage girls committed suicide on late Tuesday evening by jumping from a high-rise apartment building near the Russian capital of Moscow as they held… Read more
