GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has called for an immediate ceasefire in Syria and ordered an inquiry to investigate alleged abuses committed during the Government’s crackdown on protesters. The resolution was adopted at the end of a two-day special session during which UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [...]
WARSAW (BNO NEWS) — Polish President Bronislaw Komrowski announced on Thursday that the country’s parliamentary elections will take place on October 9. “According to the article 98 of the Polish Constitution, from today August 4, we officially start the election calendar,” Komrowski said, signaling the start of the election campaign, as reported by The News. [...]
OSLO (BNO NEWS) — Police in Norway on Saturday confirmed that at least 80 people were killed on Friday when a gunman opened fire at a youth camp near Oslo, hours after a huge explosion shook the capital. Police said a gunman dressed as a police officer had taken a boat to Utoya island where [...]
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) — Hurricane Adrian, located off the Pacific coast of Mexico, began to weaken on Friday while forecasters expect the storm to dissipate early next week without affecting any land. Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) have been following the weather system since last week when it emerged as a low [...]
LIBREVILLE, GABON (BNO NEWS) — A cargo plane belonging to DHL Express crashed in the sea off the African nation of Gabon on late Monday morning, the company said, but there were no fatalities. The Antonov An-26 freighter was operated by Solenta Aviation Gabon, which operates aircraft on regional routes on behalf of DHL Aviation. [...]
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) — The European Union (EU) on Monday announced that its Commission had cleared Colgate-Palmolive Group’s proposed €672 million (approximately $980 million) acquisition of Unilever’s Sanex business. The EU said that the Commission examined the competitive effects of the proposed acquisition in the affected markets for the sale of bath and shower products, [...]
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (BNO NEWS) — Officials have identified the four fatal victims of Wednesday’s small plane crash in the state of Utah, local media reported Thursday. The accident occurred on Wednesday at around 2:45 p.m. local time, when a single-engine Cessna Skyhawk 172 went down some 400 feet short of the Wendover Airport [...]
SANTIAGO, CHILE (BNO NEWS) — A judge in Chile ordered an investigation into the death of Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda following a request by the Communist party, La Nación newspaper reported on Thursday. Judge Mario Carroza accepted the complaint submitted by the Communist party for the alleged murder of Neruda, which occurred on September [...]
MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) — Three traffic police officers in the Russian city of Samara are accused of beating a driver to death, RIA Novosti reported on Friday. On January 17, the police officers were chasing a vehicle after the driver violated traffic rules when the offender’s car crashed into a fence and a gas station. [...]
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) –Venezuelan Energy and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez on Friday said that the sanctions imposed by the United States on the state oil company are illegal, the state-owned AVN news agency reported. Ramirez added that the action taken against Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) was not according to the Venezuelan law, under which [...]
