Authorities say that a Sita Air Flight has crashed along the banks of the Manohara River in Nepal today shortly after it took off from the airport at Kathmandu, Nepal's capital city.
Syrian activists say rebel forces battling for control of the northern city of Aleppo are engaged in heavy fighting with pro-government forces.
Iran has vowed to retaliate against any attack, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the world to draw a "clear red line" on Tehran's nuclear program.
The new coalition government of Greece, elected a scant three months ago on a pro-Euro, pro bail-out platform, finds itself between a rock and a hard place as 50,000 protesters took to the streets in Athens demonstrating against austerity measures they say are bringing the Greek population to its knees.