Official: 2 found dead in rubble believed to be missing men
Two
bodies were found Sunday amid rubble from the Manhattan apartment
building collapse three days earlier and authorities said everyone was
accounted for since the apparent gas explosion that caused a massive
fire and altogether leveled three buildings and damaged a fourth.Read More ...
Iran nuclear talks race towards deadline
Global
powers were due to gather with Iran Monday, seeking to slot into place
the last pieces of a complex puzzle to curtail Tehran's nuclear
programme as diplomats said tentative agreement on some parts had been
reached. US Secretary of State John Kerry will lead the team of six
world powers -- who hope an end to more than a decade of nuclear
tensions with Iran may be in sight -- for their first full plenary
session of the latest round of talks. While diplomats said some key
points appeared to have been resolved to ensure Iran cannot make a
covert dash for a nuclear bomb, they cautioned that the outlines of a
political understanding were not yet fully agreed. "But it has to be a
deal which puts the bomb beyond Iran's reach," he said, adding he hoped
for success before Tuesday's midnight deadline.Read More ...
Waving fronds around the world, Christians mark Palm Sunday
Christians
around the world are marking Palm Sunday by waving fronds, attending
church services and visiting sites in the Holy Land at the start of the
Holy Week that ends with Easter.Read More ...
Two missing men likely found amid NYC gas explosion rubble: fire official
By
Sebastien Malo and Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two bodies found
on Sunday at the site of a gas explosion that destroyed three New York
City apartment buildings last week, injuring 22 people, were believed to
be those of two unaccounted for men, the city's top fire official said.
The bodies were found about 20 feet apart of one of the buildings
reduced to rubble by the blast and fire in Manhattan's East Village
neighborhood on Thursday, Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro told
reporters. While Nigro said a medical examiner had not officially
determined that the remains belonged to the two people who remain
unaccounted for, local broadcaster NY1 News said one of the missing men,
23-year-old Nicholas Figueroa, had been identified by his family as one
of the bodies found on Sunday. Also missing was Moises Lucon.Read More ...
New York state lawmakers reach budget deal
NEW
YORK (Reuters) - New York state lawmakers agreed a budget plan late on
Sunday night that includes much-debated reforms to the education system
and ethics standards for lawmakers, state governor Andrew Cuomo and
legislative leaders said in statement. Cuomo proposed a $142 billion
plan in January that keeps spending growth below 2 percent and promises
money for big-ticket infrastructure projects while cutting property
taxes. ...Read More ...
Indiana governor defends religious freedom law
By
Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indiana Governor Mike Pence on
Sunday defended a new state law that opponents worry may support
discrimination against gay people, saying he had no plans to add extra
protections but would consider new suggestions from state legislators.
Pence, speaking on ABC's "This Week," sought to counter criticism from
protesters who have spilled onto the streets of Indianapolis and others,
including some corporations, after signing the Religious Freedom
Restoration Act on Thursday.Read More ...
DNA from 78 Germanwings crash victims found
Forensic
teams have isolated 78 distinct DNA strands from body parts at the
Germanwings crash site in the French Alps, while investigators continued
their grim task in the arduous mountain terrain. As well as trying to
identify and return bodies to their families, search teams were also
hunting for a second "black box" that has yet to be found six days into
the search. "We haven't found a single body intact," said Patrick
Touron, deputy director of the police's criminal research institute. So
far, forensic teams have isolated 78 DNA strands from recovered body
parts, said prosecutor Brice Robin, one of the lead investigators.Read More ...
Arab leaders: Yemen airstrikes to go on until rebels withdraw
They aim to create a joint Arab military force to deal with "challenges" facing the region.Read More ...
Fiorina likely GOP presidential candidate, attacks Clinton
Former
technology executive Carly Fiorina says she is more than 90 percent
likely to seek the Republican presidential nomination. And she is
questioning the confidence people can have in likely Democratic
contender Hillary Rodham Clinton.Read More ...
Islamic State group beheads 8 Shiites in Syria's Hama
BEIRUT (AP) — A new video released by the Islamic State group on Sunday shows its fighters cutting off the heads of eight men said to be Shiite Muslims. The video posted on social media said the men were beheaded in the central Syrian province of Hama.
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Leading suspect in Tunisia museum attack killed
Tunisia's
prime minister said Sunday a leading suspect in a deadly museum attack
on foreign tourists has been killed in anti-terrorist operations, as
tens of thousands of Tunisians marched through the capital to denounce
extremist violence.Read More ...
Indiana governor plans to 'clarify' religious objections law
Indiana
Gov. Mike Pence defended the new state law that's garnered widespread
criticism over concerns it could foster discrimination and said Sunday
it wasn't a mistake to have enacted it.Read More ...
PM: 'Dangerous accord' with Iran worse than Israel feared
Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced as "dangerous" a
nuclear accord that world powers are negotiating with Iran, saying it
goes beyond what his government had feared. "The dangerous accord which
is being negotiated in Lausanne (Switzerland) confirms our concerns and
even worse," Netanyahu said in remarks at a meeting of his cabinet
broadcast on public radio. The premier warned that Iran could be in a
position to "conquer" the Middle East through what he called the "axis"
of control it has over the capitals of Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.
Netanyahu angered the White House when he addressed a joint session of
the Congress to warn against a nuclear deal with Iran in the lead-up to
Israel's March 17 general election.Read More ...
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