France works to avert new terror attacks, suspect hunted
By SYLVIE CORBET and ANGELA CHARLTON France’s government urged the nation to remain vigilant Saturday, as thousands of security forces try to thwart new attacks and hunt down a suspected…
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Police official: Charlie Hebdo suspects dead, hostage freed
By LORI HINNANT and ELAINE GANLEY A police official on the scene of the standoff between two armed brothers suspected in the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo newsroom says the…
French police detain 9 in massive hunt for 2 suspects
By LORI HINNANT and ANGELA CHARLTON Frightened yet defiant, French residents held a day of mourning Thursday for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted for the…
Hunt for 2 in French shooting that killed 12; 1 surrenders
By JAMEY KEATEN and ELAINE GANLEY One man sought in the deadly shooting at a French satirical paper has turned himself in, and police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed…
Tail of crashed AirAsia plane discovered in Java Sea
By ACHMAD IBRAHIM Divers and an unmanned underwater vehicle on Wednesday spotted the tail of the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea with 162 people on board, an…
4 large objects detected in AirAsia wreckage hunt
By TATAN SYUFLANA Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian officials said Saturday that they were confident wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 had been located after sonar equipment detected four massive objects on…
Indonesia official: Some AirAsia victims belted in seats
By ROBIN McDOWELL After nearly a week of searching for the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, rescue teams battling monsoon rains had their most successful day yet on Friday, more…
Italian prosecutors order ferry back to Italy
By LLAZAR SEMINI, COLLEEN BARRY Italian prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the crippled Greek ferry Norman Atlantic back to Italy as part of a criminal investigation, saying they feared more bodies…