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Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes, 157 on board

Daily Dispatch March 10, 2019

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on a routine flight to Nairobi, Kenya has crashed, with 149 passengers and eight crew members on board. It was not clear whether there were any survivors in the crash that occurred Sunday morning. A message of condolence by the office of Prime Minister Abiy

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Woman, daughter accused of murdering five relatives

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2019

A woman and her daughter have been charged in Pennsylvania with murdering five members of their family, including three children, in what they claimed was a collective suicide pact. Shana Decree, 45, and her daughter, Dominique, 19, have each been charged with five counts of murder, the US District Attorney’s office for Bucks County said in a […]

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UN inquiry confirms Saudi officials planned Khashoggi’s murder

Daily Dispatch February 7, 2019

A United Nations-led inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Thursday that evidence pointed to a brutal crime “planned and perpetrated” by Saudi officials. Khashoggi’s killing by a team of Saudi operatives on Oct. 2 provoked global revulsion and tarnished the image of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, previously admired in […]

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Breaking: One dies as eight-storey building collapses

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2019

An eight-storey apartment building in Istanbul collapsed on Wednesday leaving at least one person dead, Turkish media reported. Images from the incident in the Kartal district on the Asian side of Istanbul showed people escaping as the building crumbled around them. There were reports of people left wounded or trapped under the rubble. It was […]

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Soldier commits suicide after killing wife AK-47 rifle

Daily Dispatch February 5, 2019

A Cambodian military officer killed himself after shooting dead his 16-year-old wife with an AK-47 rifle after he allegedly refused her request for a divorce, local media reported on Tuesday. “Second Lt. Vong Tol, 32, shot his wife, Uy Sokhom, in the chest in their home in the northern province of Preah Vihear on Sunday […]

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Breaking: Pope Francis lands in UAE for historic visit

Daily Dispatch February 3, 2019

Pope Francis landed in the United Arab Emirates Sunday on the first-evervisit by a pontiff to the Arabian Peninsula — the birthplace of Islam. The pope touched down in Abu Dhabi for the 48-hour trip during which he will meet leading Muslim clerics and hold an open-air mass for some 135,000 Catholics. The pontiff will take […]