Air Algerie jet's black boxes to be sent to France
Black boxes from the Air Algerie plane that crashed in northern Mali last week will be transferred to France for analysis, the French embassy in Mali said Sunday, as officials prepared for the process...
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Islamist militants believed to be associated with the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapped the wife of a Cameroonian vice prime minister Sunday, in a worrying sign that the violence in...
View ArticleMarine's new sea beast: Amphibious assault vehicle
The U.S Marine Corps are testing a new vehicle, dubbed the UHAC or "Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector".
View ArticleFlags at half-mast as France mourns Mali crash victims
PARIS: Flags flew at half-mast in France Monday in mourning for the 118 victims of the Air Algerie plane tragedy, as investigators waited for the black boxes from the crash to arrive.
View ArticleUN presses for Mali peace talks starting Aug. 17
The United Nations Security Council is welcoming agreement on a roadmap for negotiations between the Malian government and Tuareg separatists.
View ArticleParis asks to run DNA tests on Lebanese plane victims
A Burkina Faso Air Force soldier and a journalist look at debris of the Air Algerie Flight AH 5017 scattered at the crash site in Mali's Gossi region, west of Gao, on July 26, 2014.
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The National Park Service is spending $140,368 to fly 10 students to Sydney, Australia so they can experience a "climate change journey."
View ArticleDid the War in Libya Prove Hawks Right or Wrong?
"Islamist militants armed with antiaircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a lightly defended United States diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya," The New York Times reported on...
View ArticleRansoming Citizens, Europe Becomes Al Qaeda's Patron
Ransoming Citizens, Europe Becomes Al Qaeda's Patron - BAMAKO, Mali - The cash filled three suitcases: 5 million euros.
View ArticleEurope secretly pays al-Qaida kidnappers millions in ransom
The German official charged with delivering this cargo arrived here aboard a nearly empty military plane and was whisked away to a secret meeting with the president of Mali, who had offered Europe a...
View ArticleNo intact bodies found so far in Air Algerie crash probe
Dressed in protective white overalls, French experts sift through the debris of the Air Algerie plane that disintegrated over the northern Mali desert last week, killing all 118 on board.
View ArticleStowaway in Air Force C-130 at Ramstein likely suffocated
A teenage boy found dead inside a hidden compartment of an Air Force plane after its return to Ramstein Air Base in Germany from a mission across northern Africa likely suffocated because of a lack of...
View ArticleFrench forces arrest Mali jihadist ex-leader
Five people are suing the federal government alleging that an expanded national security screen targeting Muslims has led to lengthy delays and denials in their applications for citizenship and green...
View ArticleFrench forces arrest Mali jihadist ex-leader
Hundreds of cars submerged below murky water. A landmark basketball court, newly refurbished, showing signs of buckling.
View ArticleFrench forces arrest Mali jihadist ex-leader
Authorities in northern Mali say a former jihadist leader in the town of Gao has been arrested by French military forces.
View ArticleBoy found dead in C-130 may have been seen near other planes
An Air Force C-130J Super Hercules sits on the flight line at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
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The head of the Dutch-led international team investigating the Malaysian Airline Flight 17 disaster says his group has retrieved additional DNA samples from 25 victims at a mortuary in Donetsk in...
View ArticleThe Toure-Raichel Collective to Release New Album 'The Paris Session' 9/30
The formation and success of The Tour-Raichel Collective, the band led by Israeli keyboardist and songwriter Idan Raichel and Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Tour-icons in their own countries and...
View ArticleInvestigation wraps up at Air Algerie crash site in Mali
A picture taken on August 1, 2014 shows a fragment of Air Algerie flight AH5017 that crashed in the Gossi region in northern Mali on July 24. GOSSI, Mali: The investigation at the site in northern Mali...
View ArticleRansoming citizens, Europe becomes al-Qaida's patron
The German official charged with delivering this cargo arrived here aboard a nearly empty military plane and was whisked away to a secret meeting with the president of Mali, who had offered Europe a...
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