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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Russian investigators are expected to join the investigation today into the crash of a Russian airliner in a remote part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Russia says militant claims that thy brought the plane down are not credible but the cause of the crash is still unknown. All 224 people on board, including 25 children, were killed. Several airlines have decided to stop using that airspace until more is known.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Islamic extremists from Al-Shabab, a group native to Somalia, are apparently holding hostages at a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, following a deadly raid today. At least nine people have been killed and 10 wounded. The hotel has been targeted before. Despite being forced out of Mogadishu and many other cities and towns, al Shabab continues to launch lethal attacks.
UNDATED (AP) — There are no reports of damage today from a 4.3 magnitude earthquake in central Alaska. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit around 9:21 last night about 97 miles northwest of Anchorage, the state's largest city. The agency says the epicenter is 61 miles west of the town of Talkeetna, which has an estimated population of 900. The agency says the quake was about 60 miles deep.
PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says prospects for reconciliation with North Korea are dim, but he called on Pyongyang today to shrink and eventually eliminate its nuclear weapons program. During a visit to the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, Carter emphasized the U.S. alliance with South Korea is "iron clad."
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — There are no breakthroughs but leaders from South Korea, China and Japan have pledged to try to mend fences following a rare three-way summit. History and territorial disputes have produced badly strained ties among the nations and today's summit in Seoul was the first of its kind in more than three years. Beijing and Seoul see Japan as whitewashing its wartime atrocities.
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