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Cuba-bound Sunwing plane returns to Toro...

Cuba-bound Sunwing plane returns to Toronto, 2 passengers in custody

Police say two women are in custody after a Sunwing flight bound for Cuba was forced to turn back to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. Regional police responded to the flight at around 7.15 p.m. on Wednesday. Police say the passengers were reportedly acting disruptive and had “made... read more »

New clue emerges suggesting possible loc...

New clue emerges suggesting possible location of MH370

Search for plane to resume next month amid claims plane, which disappeared on March 8 with 239 people on board, could have turned south earlier than previously thought The hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will start within a month and take up to a year, focusing on the southern part... read more »

U.S. girl accidentally shoots dead gun i...

U.S. girl accidentally shoots dead gun instructor

In a case of bizarre accidents, a nine-year old girl accidentally shot her shooting instructor at a gun range in the U.S., media reported on Thursday. The deadly incident occurred on Monday morning at a gun range in Arizona that caters to Las Vegas tourists, CNN reported. Charles Vacca was... read more »

Obama to convene UNSC meeting on foreign...

Obama to convene UNSC meeting on foreign fighters: White House

U.S. President Barack Obama will convene a meeting of the U.N. Security Council next month on the threat posed by foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq, the White House has said, amidst reports that another American jihadi has died in Syria fighting for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). It... read more »

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Putin wants better relations with US

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Barack Obama in an Independence Day message that he hopes the countries can improve relations. In a statement published on the Kremlin website on... read more »

Seoul warns Japan not to undermine N Korea nuclear arms abandonment

Seoul: South Korea warned Japan on Thursday against undermining efforts to force North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons, after Tokyo announced the lifting of selected sanctions on... read more »

ISIS leader urges Muslims to help build Islamic state

BAGHDAD: The leader of the extremist group that has swept over much of northern Syria and Iraq on Tuesday called on Muslims to immigrate to the territory his group has seized to help build... read more »

80 more migrants drowned in latest Italy boat tragedy

Near 80 migrants on board a boat traveling from North Africa to Italy are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea. Catania prosecutor Giovanni Salvi said on Wednesday that the... read more »

Fresh fighting sends more than 75,000 Pakistanis flee into Afghan...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners are working to coordinate relief efforts and deliver assistance,... read more »