Hot air balloon with 16 aboard crashes in Texas; no survivors
The balloon may have struck power lines when it went down around 7:30 a.m. in pastureland near Lockhart, about 30 miles south of Austin, in an area often used for balloon landings, a county judge and public safety source told CNN."First I heard a whoosh," Margaret Wylie, who lives near the crash site, told CNN affiliate TWC. "And then a big ball of fire (went) up. I'd say it got as high up as those lower electric lines."If investigators confirm 16 people died, the crash will be the most fatal ho..>> view originalYemen government accepts UN peace deal
The announcement by the Saudi-backed government came after a high-level meeting in Riyadh chaired by Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi. "The meeting approved the draft agreement presented by the United Nations calling for an end to the armed conflict and the withdrawal (of rebels) from Sanaa... and the cities of Taez and Al-Hudaydah," said a statement, cited by the Saba news agency. Yemen's Foreign Minister Abdulmalek al-Mikhlafi, who is leading negotiating team in Kuwait City, said he h..>> view originalTexas attack: Gunman on loose
Texas Shooting: Multiple victims in central Austin0:44Vision of the moment gunshots rang out in Austin Texas. Credit: Twitter @RalphGreNader Texas has been rocked by another shooting. This time it is in Austin. Here, police were in Dallas where a protest ended with the fatal shooting of multiple police officers. Picture: APStaff writers and wiresNews Corp Australia NetworkA SHOOTING in a crowded entertainment district of downtown Austin set off a chaotic scene, leaving one woman dead and three ..>> view originalFORMER CATALAN MP: It's time to see if Scotland and Catalonia have the stubborn willpower to follow the UK
A man waves a pro-Catalan independence flag as people take part in a Sardana dance, a typical Catalan dance, near the Cathedral in Barcelona Thomson Reuters Alfons López Tena was a member of the Catalan Parliament from 2010 to 2012, specializing in clean governance and Catalan independence issues. He gave us permission to run this op-ed. As any seismic event the British people vote to leave the European Union begins to unfold growing cracks and tsunami-warning rip..>> view originalSingapore minister says terror arrest man Zulfikar got the dole in Australia
Bangkok: Singapore has questioned how a Singaporean-born Australian resident came to be collecting welfare benefits while allegedly engaging in terrorism-related activities in Melbourne.Comments by the city state's Home and Law Affairs Minister, K. Shanmugam, also raise questions about why Australian authorities never moved against Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff while he was making posts on social media supporting Islamic State and other terrorism groups. More News Videos Previous slid..>> view originalJulian Assange to publish more Democrat emails on WikiLeaks
In the latest Jason Bourne film, in which Matt Damon takes on and defeats the nefarious CIA (again), hacking is a force for good. The film's glamorous heroine breaks into the agency's computers and extracts vital information about its dastardly black ...>> view originalMilitants shoot energy plant workers in Iraq
German voters set to punish Angela Merkel over refugee policy
As she sat on a cafe terrace over a drink in this picturesque Bavarian town last Sunday, Ute, a 45-year-old secretary, did not notice the young Syrian with a rucksack standing nearby. But the explosion he set off will be seared on her memory for ever.>> view original
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