A Cessna 414 with five persons aboard crashed short of the John Wayne Airport in south California, killing all on board on Sunday the Orange County Fire Authority told reporters. The aircraft, owned by the San Francisco-based real estate company Category III according to FAA records, had declared an emergency and was cleared to land at the […]
At least 82 people have been killed when a powerful earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, triggering a brief tsunami warning and sending residents and tourists fleeing into the streets. The death toll was expected to rise, with hundreds of people injured and thousands of houses severely damaged, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency […]
SEOUL — Russia engaged in more extensive oil exports to North Korea than had been previously reported, by setting up an illicit trade network that is likely still being used today to evade United Nations sanctions, according a South Korean research organization. A recent report issued by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul used […]
A powerful earthquake has rocked Indonesia’s Lombok island, killing at least 19 people, a week after another deadly quake struck the area. The U.S. Geological Survey said a 7.0 magnitude quake struck the island Sunday. An initial tsunami warning issued by Indonesian authorities was lifted. Mutya Aryani, a local resident in nearby Sumbawa, told VOA […]