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U.S. hostage Warren Weinstein pleas for Obama’s help in video
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — An American aid worker who was abducted by al-Qaeda militants in Pakistan last year has pleaded in an online video with U.S. President Barack Obama… Read more
U.S. program releases Afghan insurgents in exchange for peace pledges
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Hoping to build trust between fractious tribes and boosting peace negotiations with the Taliban, the United States has released as many as 20 high-level detainees… Read more
U.S. drone strike kills senior al-Qaeda leader in Yemen
ATAQ, YEMEN (BNO NEWS) — Senior al-Qaeda operative Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso, who was wanted in connection for his alleged role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, was… Read more
Munch’s ‘The Scream’ sold for record $119 million at U.S. art auction
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream”, one of the world’s most recognizable images, was sold for a record $ 119,922,500 at an art auction in New… Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton expresses concern for Tymoshenko
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday expressed her concern for the treatment of imprisoned Ukrainian opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko,… 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
Roadside bomb kills U.S. Marine in southern Afghanistan
LASHKAR GAH, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A U.S. Marine from Texas was killed on late Sunday evening when a roadside bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense… Read more
U.S., European Union impose new sanctions on Syria
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (BNO NEWS) — The U.S. government and the European Union (EU) on Monday announced it will impose new sanctions against Syria, coming amidst reports that Syrian government forces… Read more
U.S. Defense Secretary apologizes after soldiers pose with Afghan corpses
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday apologized following the publication of controversial photos which show U.S. soldiers posing with the corpses of Afghan militants…. Read more
Four U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Four American service members were killed on late Thursday evening when a helicopter belonging to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) crashed in southern… Read more
