China to take on Boeing, Airbus with homegrown C919 passenger jet
Amid much fanfare on live national television, China on Monday rolled its first homegrown large passenger jet off the production line in Shanghai, vowing to challenge the dominance of Airbus and Boeing in the global commercial aviation market.
Chinese naval ships to visit Florida port
Three Chinese naval ships are scheduled to visit Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida, Tuesday as part of a routine goodwill port visit. The ships are expected to arrive following visits to ports in Europe.
Australia drops knights and dames
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the country will no longer appoint knights and dames, calling the titles anachronistic.
Anti-Muslim tension simmers ahead of Myanmar election
It has been more than been two years since this town in Myanmar burned with the fires of deadly violence. Look closely, and there are haunting scars left behind.
Russian plane crash in Sinai: Questions swirl as 224 aboard are mourned
A Russian passenger jet broke into pieces in midair, a top aviation official said Sunday, but he said it was too soon to say what could have caused the crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
Fred Thompson, former U.S. senator and actor, dies in Tennessee
Fred Thompson, a former U.S. senator for Tennessee and actor, has died. He was 73.
Turkey's ruling party wins big
Voters delivered a surprise win for Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, in elections on Sunday.
New assaults on ISIS in Iraq and in Syria
A thick column of black smoke hangs over the Iraqi Syrian border near the town of Ash Shaddadi in Syria 's Hasakah province. Above the area are the circular contrails of coalition planes.
Russian plane crashes in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board
A Russian passenger plane crashed early Saturday in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people aboard, officials said.
U.S. Navy finds wreckage believed to be missing cargo ship El Faro
The wreckage of a cargo ship believed to be the El Faro has been located by a U.S. Navy search team in about 15,000 feet of water, the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday night.
