Section: Time (USA)
Israel Says It’s Extending Gaza Truce for 24 Hours
(BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip) — Hamas resumed rocket fire Saturday on Israel after rejecting Israel’s offer to extend a humanitarian cease-fire, the latest setback in international efforts to negotiate an end to the Gaza war. MoreSecond American Diagnosed With Ebola in Liberia NBC NewsWhat Truce? More Than a Dozen Die in Renewed Mideast...
Israel Agrees to Extend Gaza War Truce by 4 Hours
(JERUSALEM) — An Israeli Cabinet minister says Israel has agreed to extend a 12-hour humanitarian truce in the Gaza war by four hours. MoreSecond American Diagnosed With Ebola in Liberia NBC NewsWhat Truce? More Than a Dozen Die in Renewed Mideast Fighting NBC NewsSatellite Images Show Russia Firing Into Ukraine: U.S. NBC NewsDog Passes Out...
Hamas Agrees to Cease-Fire, But Rockets Keep Flying
MoreIsrael Acknowledges Mortar Strike at UN School, But Denies CasualtiesIsrael Says It’s Extending Gaza Truce for 24 HoursPHOTOS: Israel’s Ground Offensive in GazaUpdated 3:55 p.m. ET Sunday MoreIsrael Acknowledges Mortar Strike at UN School, But Denies CasualtiesCease-Fire Ends in GazaSecond American Diagnosed With Ebola in Liberia...
Hamas Agrees to 24-Hour Holiday Truce in Gaza War
MoreIsrael Says It’s Extending Gaza Truce for 24 HoursPHOTOS: Israel’s Ground Offensive in GazaGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas on Sunday agreed to observe a 24-hour humanitarian truce after initially rejecting such an offer by Israel, as fighting resumed and the two sides wrangled over the terms of a lull the international...
U.S.: Satellite Imagery Shows Russians Shelling Eastern Ukraine
U.S. officials released satellite images Sunday they say offer proof that Russian forces have been shelling eastern Ukraine in a campaign to assist rebel groups fighting Ukraine’s government in Kiev. Obama administration officials said as early as last week that the Russians were launching attacks in eastern Ukraine. The U.S. Office of the...
Police Visit to MH17 Disaster Site Canceled
DONETSK, Ukraine — A team of international police officers that had been due to visit the site of the Malaysian plane disaster in eastern Ukraine canceled the trip Sunday after receiving reports of fighting in the area. MoreExperts: MH17 Victims Could Have Remained Conscious During FallFive Best Ideas of the Day: July 25Fast-Moving Blazes...
Flight Makes Emergency Landing Due to ‘Agitated’ Passenger
Sunwing Flight 772 was forced to make an emergency landing in Toronto at 8:55AM Friday because an “agitated customer made a direct threat against the aircraft,” an official at the Canadian airline said in a statement. The plane, which had departed at 7:00AM, was originally headed to Panama City. Two U.S. F16 fighter jets from Toledo,...
Experts: MH17 Victims Could Have Remained Conscious During Fall
More‘Unreal’ Scenes From MH17 Crash SiteIn the aftermath of the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet, it has been widely assumed that death—or at least unconsciousness—came quickly for the 298 people aboard when the Boeing 777 came apart in the oxygen-thin, cold air at 33,000 feet. But some medical and aviation experts who...
Investigators Examine Shrapnel-Like Holes in MH17 Debris
Investigators have found shrapnel-like holes in pieces of the fuselage belonging to the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed in eastern Ukraine last Thursday, allegedly after being struck by a missile. Michael Bociurkiw, spokesman for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), described the punctures as “almost...
Algerian Plane Wreckage Found in Mali
The wreck of a plane that was carrying 116 people from Burkina Faso to Algiers was found Thursday in Mali, according to officials. The Air Algerie commercial plane lost contact with controllers early Thursday, just an hour after it took off, as it headed into a rainstorm. The wreckage was found near the border of Burkina Faso, a presidential aide...
