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Bomb blast kills NATO service member in southern Afghanistan 26 Aug 2013 | 06:25 pm
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A coalition service member was killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. I...
Knife-wielding man kills 4, injures 11 in SW China 26 Aug 2013 | 06:10 pm
CHENGDU, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- A man with financial problems attacked fellow bus passengers and pedestrians in southwestern China on late Sunday evening, killing four people and injuring nearly a dozen ...
Ireland: Homeless man crushed to death while sleeping in waste bin 26 Aug 2013 | 05:02 pm
DUBLIN, IRELAND (BNO NEWS) -- A homeless man from Poland is thought to have been crushed to death in the Irish capital of Dublin when the waste container he was sleeping in was picked up by a garbage ...
Tropical Storm Fernand makes landfall on Mexico’s Gulf coast 26 Aug 2013 | 04:02 pm
XALAPA, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- Tropical Storm Fernand made landfall on Mexico's Gulf Coast on early Monday morning, causing heavy rainfall over parts of eastern Mexico that could trigger life-threatenin...
UN inspectors to examine Syria ‘chemical attack’ site on Monday 26 Aug 2013 | 02:06 pm
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (BNO NEWS) -- A United Nations (UN) fact-finding mission to investigate allegations that chemical weapons were used in an attack near the Syrian capital of Damascus last week is exp...
Roadside bomb kills 2 foreign troops in eastern Afghanistan 23 Aug 2013 | 11:52 pm
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Two coalition service members were killed Friday when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said...
Husband of NSA-leak reporter detained under UK anti-terror law 19 Aug 2013 | 05:09 pm
LONDON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) -- The husband of the Guardian journalist who worked with American whistleblower Edward Snowden to expose details about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs wa...
28 dead, hundreds missing after ferry sinks off the Philippines 17 Aug 2013 | 09:18 am
TALISAY CITY, PHILIPPINES (BNO NEWS) -- At least 28 people have been killed and more than 200 others remain missing after a ferry sank near the central Philippine port of Cebu after colliding with a c...
Charter plane carrying hikers crashes in Canada, killing 2 17 Aug 2013 | 08:13 am
HOT SPRINGS COVE, BRITISH COLUMBIA (BNO NEWS) -- A small charter plane carrying a pilot and five hikers crashed Friday in a remote area on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, killi...
Romanian princess pleads not guilty after U.S. cockfighting arrest 17 Aug 2013 | 07:31 am
PORTLAND, OREGON (BNO NEWS) -- Princess Irina, the third daughter of the last king of Romania, pleaded not guilty Friday when she and her husband appeared in U.S. federal court after being accused of ...