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US orders jet engine checks after midair blast

US orders jet engine checks after midair blast

BBC 2018-04-19 13:33:02

US aviation authorities are to order inspections of jet engines after a mid-air explosion that punctured an airliner's window, killing a passenger. The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday sa...

Trump warns of walking away from North Korea summit

Trump warns of walking away from North Korea summit

-- 2018-04-19 12:54:18

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he hoped an unprecedented summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would be successful after a recent visit to Pyongyang by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, but...

Puerto Rico suffers island-wide blackout

Puerto Rico suffers island-wide blackout

-- 2018-04-19 12:37:00

Puerto Rico has suffered an island-wide power outage nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria destroyed much of the island’s infrastructure and power grid. The US territory’s power autho...

Cuba set to swear in new president to replace Raul Castro

Cuba set to swear in new president to replace Raul Castro

-- 2018-04-19 11:32:32

An era will end in Communist-run Cuba on Thursday when President Raul Castro retires, likely handing over the reins to his right hand man Miguel Diaz-Canel, born the year after brothers Fidel and Raul...

CIA director 'had a secret Kim Jong-un meeting'

CIA director 'had a secret Kim Jong-un meeting'

-- 2018-04-18 13:17:53

CIA director Mike Pompeo, who is US President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, recently travelled to Pyongyang for a secret meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, US media report....

US passenger jet engine explodes midair, killing one

US passenger jet engine explodes midair, killing one

FE Online Desk 2018-04-18 11:02:21

An engine on a US passenger jet with 149 people aboard exploded and broke apart in mid-air, killing one passenger and nearly sucking another out of a shattered window, according to airline and federal...

Former US First Lady Barbara Bush dies at 92

Former US First Lady Barbara Bush dies at 92

Reuters 2018-04-18 10:22:53

Former US first lady Barbara Bush, the only woman to see her husband and son both sworn in as president, died on Tuesday, the Bush family said. She was 92. Bush was the wife of the 41st president,...

Canada pulls diplomats’ families out of Cuba

Canada pulls diplomats’ families out of Cuba

-- 2018-04-17 11:11:14

The Canadian government has recalled families of its diplomatic staff in the Cuban capital, Havana. The move comes as 10 Canadians continue to show unexplained brain symptoms, government officials sa...

South Carolina prison fight kills seven inmates, wounds 17

South Carolina prison fight kills seven inmates, wounds 17

-- 2018-04-16 22:18:09

Seven inmates were killed and at least 17 others were seriously injured after fights broke out between prisoners inside a maximum security prison in South Carolina. Prisons spokesman Jeff Taillon ann...

US troops to leave Syria after fulfilling their ‘goals’

US troops to leave Syria after fulfilling their ‘goals’

-- 2018-04-16 18:38:05

US President Donald Trump wants to bring troops back from Syria as soon as possible but not before their ‘goals’ are fulfilled, said the White House. Earlier, the French president said h...

Trump morally unfit to be president: Comey

Trump morally unfit to be president: Comey

-- 2018-04-16 10:21:38

Former FBI director James Comey has said Donald Trump is a man "morally unfit to be president", who treats women like "pieces of meat". Mr Comey was giving his first major television interview since...

US climate protest lawyer dies after setting himself afire

US climate protest lawyer dies after setting himself afire

-- 2018-04-15 20:24:50

A prominent US lawyer has died after setting himself on fire in a New York park in a protest against climate change. The remains of David Buckel, 60, were found in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. In a su...

Starbucks chief executive apologises  for arrests of two black men   

Starbucks chief executive apologises for arrests of two black men  

-- 2018-04-15 20:23:16

Starbucks Chief Executive Kevin Johnson apologised late on Saturday for the arrests of two black men at a Philadelphia coffee shop last week, which sparked accusations of racial profiling. Promising...

In Syria strikes, US blurs red line for intervention

In Syria strikes, US blurs red line for intervention

-- 2018-04-15 12:24:23

With the latest US missile strikes, President Donald Trump appears to have reset America’s red line for military intervention in Syria over the use of chemical weapons. What’s unclear is...

US for isolating Venezuela's Maduro

US for isolating Venezuela's Maduro

-- 2018-04-15 10:01:39

The United States urged regional leaders on Saturday to take stronger steps to isolate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as it joined a declaration condemning the worsening humanitarian crisis an...

Trump lawyer under criminal investigation

Trump lawyer under criminal investigation

-- 2018-04-14 14:52:16

US President Donald Trump's top lawyer is under criminal investigation, the US justice department has announced. Prosecutors say they are focusing on Michael Cohen's business dealings rather than his...

After attack, Trump changes tune on Syria

After attack, Trump changes tune on Syria

-- 2018-04-14 13:48:03

About 10 days ago, US President Donald Trump told national security aides that he wanted US forces out of Syria in six months or so, adamant that it was time to bring them home after largely defeating...

China ‘one of the central challenges’ to national security: Pentagon

China ‘one of the central challenges’ to national security: Pentagon

-- 2018-04-13 16:39:49

A top American military leader has identified China as ‘one of the central challenges’ to the country’s national security, and told US lawmakers that the Pentagon has developed a glo...

Trump casts doubt over Syria attack timing

Trump casts doubt over Syria attack timing

-- 2018-04-12 19:10:58

Fears of a military confrontation between Russia and the West ran high on Thursday but US President Donald Trump cast doubt over the timing of his threatened strike on Syria in response to a reported...

US House Speaker Paul Ryan announces retirement

US House Speaker Paul Ryan announces retirement

-- 2018-04-12 11:25:52

US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election this year, in a big blow to Republicans with mid-term elections looming. Congress’ most powerful lawmaker said he woul...

US weighs up military action to Syria 'chemical attack'

US weighs up military action to Syria 'chemical attack'

-- 2018-04-12 10:51:00

The US says "all options are on the table" in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, as Western leaders continue to weigh up military action. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders...

Brazil jailbreak attempt leaves 20 dead

Brazil jailbreak attempt leaves 20 dead

-- 2018-04-11 11:40:04

A number of inmates at a jail in the northern Brazilian city of Belem have died during an attempted mass breakout. They were aided by an armed group outside the jail which used explosives against one...

Trump enraged as FBI seizes documents from his lawyer

Trump enraged as FBI seizes documents from his lawyer

-- 2018-04-10 19:38:54

Federal agents on Monday raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, seizing records on topics including a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels...

Trump promises ‘forceful’ response to chemical attack in Syria

Trump promises ‘forceful’ response to chemical attack in Syria

-- 2018-04-10 17:15:04

US President Donald Trump has promised a "forceful" response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria, as Western leaders consider what action to take. "We have a lot of options militarily," he told r...

Colombia detains top FARC leader on drug charges

Colombia detains top FARC leader on drug charges

-- 2018-04-10 10:45:15

One of the top leaders of Colombia’s former rebel group, the FARC, has been arrested in Bogota following a request from the United States. Jesus Santrich, a former peace negotiator, is accused...

Bus hits overpass, injuring six in NY

Bus hits overpass, injuring six in NY

-- 2018-04-09 12:17:38

A charter bus carrying teenagers returning from a spring break trip has struck a bridge overpass on Long island, seriously injuring six passengers and mangling the entire length of the top of the bus....

Trump Tower fire kills one

Trump Tower fire kills one

-- 2018-04-08 10:59:50

One man was killed and six firefighters received minor injuries in an apartment fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York on Saturday, in a blaze that was quickly doused, fire officials said....

Brazil's Lula surrenders to police, ending standoff

Brazil's Lula surrenders to police, ending standoff

-- 2018-04-08 09:56:23

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned himself in to police on Saturday, ending a day-long standoff to begin serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption that derails his bid...

14 die in Canada hockey team bus crash

14 die in Canada hockey team bus crash

-- 2018-04-07 13:26:25

Police in Canada have confirmed that 14 people were killed when a lorry and a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided on Friday evening. The Humboldt Broncos were travelling on Highway 35, nor...

Former Brazilian chief justice mulls presidential run

Former Brazilian chief justice mulls presidential run

-- 2018-04-07 11:41:50

Former chief justice and the first black member of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Joaquim Barbosa, joined the centre-left Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) late on Friday mulling a presidential bid in th...