Air Algérie flight AH5017 wreckage found in Mali. Ouagadougou airport in Burkina Faso, where the Air Algérie plane took off.
Photograph: Ahmed Ouoba/AFP/Getty Images The wreckage of Air Algérie flight AH5017 from Burkina Faso to Algeria, which disappeared from radar with 116 people on board, has been discovered in Tilemsi, Mali. TransAsia Airways plane crashes in typhoon-hit Taiwan, killing 47. Jordan's Quiet Emergency - Alice Su. A group of Palestinian refugees gathered around a large Jordanian flag (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters) AMMAN, Jordan—When the adhan sounds, a sigh of relief ripples across the room.
The call to prayer marks the end of the day’s Ramadan fasting and the go-ahead for seven disabled children, six volunteers, one grandmother, and two supervisors, all from Syria, to dig into the mountain of McDonald’s in front of them. Souad, the grandmother, is in a wheelchair next to me. At 72 years old, she’s the only adult patient in this place, a physical rehabilitation center for Syrian refugee amputees. “Sahateen,” I smile at Souad, trying to get her to eat. “Last year I had Ramadan with my grandsons,” Souad says, picking at a piece of lettuce peeled from inside her Big Mac. Jordan has a reputation for being the Middle East’s island of peace.
Every few weeks, a fresh bout of violence afflicts the Levant, and media attention flits to Jordan. Nigeria: Abuja bomb blast in Wuse district kills 21. 25 June 2014Last updated at 16:21 ET The BBC's Bashir Sa'ad Abdullahi says no-one has claimed responsibility so far A bomb attack on a busy shopping district in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, has killed at least 21 people and injured 52 more.
The blast, near the popular Banex plaza shopping complex in Wuse district, could be heard from miles away and sent plumes of smoke into the air. Police say a suspect has been arrested. No group has claimed responsibility. Islamist militant group Boko Haram has bombed targets in Abuja and across northern Nigeria recently. Suicide bomber rocks Beirut hotel during security raid. BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up in his room at a Beirut hotel Wednesday as Lebanese security forces raided the premises, causing an explosion that sent flames and a dark cloud of black smoke billowing out of the third-floor windows, security officials said.
The blast toward the end of evening rush-hour took place inside the Duroy Hotel in Beirut's Raouche district, a posh neighborhood of apartment towers and upscale hotels perched on cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanese security forces, who detained a second suspected bomber in the sweep, sealed off the area around the hotel and armed gunmen fanned out on the street to secure the location. The bombing is the latest in a string of attacks and security scares in Lebanon over the past week that have sparked fears of renewed violence in a country that has been deeply affected by the civil war in neighboring Syria. He said one employee at the hotel was wounded.
Almost 800 'forgotten' Irish children dumped in septic tank mass grave at Catholic home. Updated 2 hours 0 minutes ago A septic tank was used to dump the bodies of almost 800 babies and children in Ireland near a home for unmarried mothers run by nuns, new research has shown, throwing more light on the Irish Catholic Church's troubled past.
Death records suggest 796 children, from newborns to eight-year-olds, were dumped in a septic tank near a Catholic-run home for unmarried mothers, turning it into in a mass grave. The deaths occurred during the 35 years the home operated from 1925 to 1961. The government announced it was examining the "best means" to address the "deeply disturbing" revelations. Roadhouse inferno claims couple's livelihood. BBC NEWS: Bushfires blaze in Australia's New South Wales.
DW: Eatery bombed in Mogadishu, 15 killed. CNN: Earthquake strikes southwest China, killing 4. Philippines. Japan. Ukraine. Israel. Ebola. Taiwan. Strong earthquake hits China's Yunnan province, at least 367 killed - Australia Network News. Updated At least 367 people have died and more are missing after a strong earthquake struck south-west China's Yunnan province.
State news agency Xinhua says more than 1,400 people have also been injured, according to the ministry of civil affairs. The quake in Qiaojia county of Zhaotong prefecture has left residents searching for survivors beneath the rubble of toppled buildings and communications and power lines, as images shared on social media show. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) measured the quake at a magnitude of 6.1, striking 11 kilometres north-west of the town of Wenping at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres. It struck at 4:30pm Sunday local time. State media reported the earthquake at magnitude 6.5, citing the China Earthquake Networks Centre. "Too many buildings were damaged and we are collecting data on deaths and injuries," Xinhua quoted a local official as saying. Around 12,000 houses have collapsed and 30,000 damaged, Xinhua said. Reuters/AFP.