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January 14, 2019 12:43 PM

Lion Air jet crash: Divers find cockpit voice recorder

Indonesian officials said today that Navy divers have located the cockpit voice recorder of a Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October. A spokesman for the Indonesian navy Lt Col Agung Nugroho, said divers using high-tech equipment found the voice recorder beneath 26 feet of seabed mud...

January 14, 2019 9:53 AM

Death toll from gas explosion in Paris rises to four

The death toll from a powerful gas explosion in central Paris has risen to four after rescue workers found a woman's body in the rubble today. Investigators said, two firefighters and a Spanish tourist were also killed in the Saturday blast that injured dozens of people. Rescue workers with sni...

January 14, 2019 9:50 AM

Theresa May warns MPs against 'catastrophic' failure to deliver Brexit

British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned MPs preparing to vote down her European Union exit deal that it will be a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust. Mrs May, who is fighting to save her withdrawal agreement negotiated with the bloc over 18 months of talks, told lawmakers they must ...

January 14, 2019 7:13 AM

China: Search for missing miners in roof collapse ended

<span style="color: #222222;">In China, the search for missing miners in a roof collapse came to an end yesterday after two more bodies were recovered, increasing the death toll to 21. </span><br />'' <br />'&ap...

January 14, 2019 6:56 AM

Greek defence minister announces resignation over Macedonia vote

In Greece, Defence minister, who is head of the main coalition partner of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, announced his resignation today over Mecedonia name deal issue. The Minister had announced his resignation ahead of an upcoming parliamentary vote to end a 27-year name dispute with Macedonia. De...

January 14, 2019 6:54 AM

UN experts urge Pakistan not to execute mentally ill prisoner

UN experts have urged Pakistan not to carry out arbitrary execution of mental illness prisoners. The execution of Khizar Hayat, sentenced to death in 2003 for killing a colleague, was suspended by Pakistan's Supreme Court on Saturday, just three days before the 55-year-old was due to be hanged....

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