Powerful 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Tibet Near China-Nepal Border, Killing at Least 126

A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake with an epicenter near China's western mountainous region of Dingri County in Shigatse, close to the border of Nepal, struck on the outskirts of Tibet's second-largest city, which is the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Buddhism, killing at least 126 people and injuring more than 130 others. See Full Story>

Montenegro Mass Shooting Rampage Leaves 12 Dead

 

Aco Martinovic, a 45-year-old man who was said to be heavily drinking all day, became involved in a heated argument and brawl with a patron at a restaurant in the western town of Cetinje in the Balkan country of Montenegro, then went on a shooting rampage killing 12 people, many close friends and relatives, including two children, before committing suicide while surrounded by police. See Full Story>

Suspect Who Killed 14 in New Orleans Terror Attack Identified

Authorities identified the person responsible for a terror attack in New Orlean's French Quarter as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a former US Army Veteran and Islamic State inspired lone wolf who died in a shootout with police, after breaching a barrier then ramming his truck into crowds of revelers on Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring 35 on New Year's Day. See Full Story>

Oldest Person in the World Dies at Age 116

 

Tomiko Itooka, said to have been the oldest person alive on earth according to the Guinness World Records, died at the age of 116 in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan, survived by a son, a daughter and five grandchildren, making Inah Canabarro Lucas, a former Brazilian nun aged 116, now the oldest person alive. See Full Story>

Jeju Flight 7C 2216 Crash-Lands at South Korean Airport, Killing 179

 

Jeju Air flight 7C 2216, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft departing from Bangkok, Thailand enroute to South Korea, crash-landed at Muan International Airport without landing gear, then slid over a mile on a runway before crashing into a barrier wall, killing all but two of the 181 passengers aboard, making it one of the worst aviation disasters in the nation's history. See Full Story>