Brazil presidential candidate Campos dies in jet crash
Campos, a socialist who has been running third in the polls, was on board a jet that crashed into a gym and houses in the city of Santos, breaking into pieces and sparking a large fire, Globo reported. All seven people aboard, the Brazilian air force told the online and television news network.... read more »
Police clash with Michael Brown shooting protesters in Ferguson, two report...
Police in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo. used tear gas and smoke bombs Wednesday to disperse protesters, some of whom threw Molotov cocktails and other objects at officers, as a fifth night of demonstrations over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer turned... read more »
Israel bombs Gaza in response to rocket fire
Israeli jets bombed targets across Gaza early Thursday, retaliating to Palestinian rocket attacks in spiralling violence that left a truce extension teetering on the brink of collapse. The resumption of hostilities shattered nearly three days of calm over the skies of Gaza and southern Israel,... read more »
India inquiry after Jet Airways plane drops 5,000 feet over Turkey
India’s aviation watchdog is probing reports that a Jet Airways aircraft flying to Brussels suddenly dropped 5,000 feet over Ankara, alarming the Turkish air control authorities. The civil aviation ministry said the pilots had been “taken off the roster pending inquiry”. Jet... read more »
