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20-year-old Saudi in Texas arrested on terror charges

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — U.S. authorities on Wednesday evening arrested a 20-year-old Texan resident on charges relating to terrorism, prosecutors said on Thursday.

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and resident of Lubbock, T…

Reporters Without Borders condemns armed raid on partner organization in Iraq

BAGHDAD (BNO NEWS) — Reporters Without Borders condemned an armed raid on Wednesday on the Baghdad headquarters of the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO), its partner organization in Iraq, a press release said Thursday.

“A dozen gunmen belonging…

5 soldiers dead, 3 injured in accidental blast in Spain

MADRID, SPAIN (BNO NEWS) — An accidental explosion on Thursday killed five soldiers and injured three more in a military academy near Madrid, Spain’s Defense Ministry informed.

The blast occurred at about 10:30 a.m. local time at the Engineer’s milit…

57 Somali refugees die when boat capsizes off Yemen, U.N. says

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — More than 50 Somali refugees drowned when their boat capsized while crossing the Gulf of Aden to Yemen on Sunday, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday.

Fifty-four of the dead or missing were Somali refugees, …

Muslim cleric Baashir denies funding al-Qaeda in Aceh cell in Indonesia

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Baashir on Thursday denied charges accusing him of funding the terrorist cell known as al-Qaeda in Aceh cell operating in Indonesia, the Antara news agency reported.

The comments were made durin…

Russia launches $651B rearmament plan

MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) — Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Thursday a $651 billion rearmament plan that will allow the country to increase its share of modern weaponry to 70 percent by 2020, RIA Novosti reported.

Russia will buy 100 ships, over 600 a…

NATO says it will not intervene in Libyan uprising

KIEV, UKRAINE (BNO NEWS) — NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday said the alliance will not intervene in Libya, where security forces have launched a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters.

Rasmussen made the statements at…

Three people found dead in central England

SHEPSHED, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) — A woman and two children were found dead at a house in central England on late Wednesday evening, police said on Thursday.

Police were called to a house in the village of Shepshed in Leicestershire, central England, at …

Toyota announces mass recall of approximately 2.1 million vehicles

TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) — Toyota on Thursday announced that it will conduct a mass voluntary safety recall of approximately 2.17 million vehicles to address accelerator pedals that could become entrapped in floor mats or jammed in carpeting.

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Canadian study shows tremors can forecast volcanic eruptions

VANCOUVER, CANADA (BNO NEWS) — Geophysicists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have offered a new explanation for seismic tremors accompanying volcanic eruptions that could advance forecasting of explosive eruptions such as recent events at …