The conflict in Afghanistan and NATO’s relationship with Russia will top the agenda at a summit meeting starting Friday marking the military alliance’s 60th anniversary, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer told CNN. U.S.
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Anchorage Airport closed as volcanic ash falls
The Anchorage, Alaska, airport remained closed Sunday morning after an erupting volcano shot ash some 45,000 feet in the air on Saturday, officials said.
2 arrested over Pakistan mosque bombing
Two suspects were arrested in connection with the bombing of a mosque that killed at least 51 people, Pakistani authorities said Saturday. The two were arrested about 30 minutes after the Friday bombing after police spotted them fleeing the scene, said local official Rahat Gul
28 dead after dam bursts in Indonesia
Heavy rains broke a dam in Indonesia’s capital Friday, sending water rushing into hundreds of homes and killing at least 28 people, a government official said.
U.S. Navy vessels in Bahrain for evaluation after collision
A U.S. Navy submarine and a Navy amphibious ship that collided Friday in the Strait of Hormuz south of Iran have arrived in Bahrain to be assessed for damage, the Navy said
Four Canadians killed in Afghanistan
Four Canadian soldiers were killed and another eight wounded in separate bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan early Friday, Canada’s Defense Ministry reported.
Quake measuring 7.7 reported off Tonga
An earthquake measuring magnitude 7.7 struck off the coast of Tonga early Friday, officials said.
Brazilian man steals plane, crashes into mall, police say
A Brazilian man stole a single-engine plane and crashed it into the parking lot of a shopping mall, killing himself and his 5-year-old child, Goiania police said Friday.
NYPD’s notorious ‘Mafia cops’ sentenced to life
Two former New York Police Department detectives were sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday for operating as Mafia hit men while employed by the NYPD.
30 injured on 747 flight to Japan
About 30 people were injured Friday when a Northwest Airlines flight suffered turbulence before landing at Japan’s Narita International Airport, a Northwest spokesman said.