• Death toll in Indonesian military chopper crash rises to 13

  The death toll in a military helicopter crash in Indonesia has risen to 13, after authorities discovered the body of a missing soldier, according to the country’s military as cited by AP. The Bell 412-EP had 13 troops and crew on board, and it went down about 35 minutes after taking off from Watutau village in the Poso district, Major General Agus Surya Bakti, the regional military chief overseeing South and Central Sulawesi provinces, said. The chopper was on a mission to hunt down a wanted militant. The cause of the crash remains unknown, but thunderstorms in the area could have contributed, Agus added.
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  6.6 quake strikes off Kamchatka

  A large, 6.6 magnitude earthquake has struck off Kamchatka Peninsula in the Pacific Ocean, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck at a depth of 18.4 miles (30 km) and was centered 140 miles (225 km) west-southwest of Nilolskoye, one of Russia’s Commander Islands, the USGS said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a tsunami warning.
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  More than 600 people left France to join ISIS – PM Valls

  More than 600 people have left France for Syria and Iraq and 800 more want to leave in order to join Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS/ISIL) terror group, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday, Reuters reported. Valls said the number of French IS fighters amounts to 609, including 283 women and 18 minors. He also said that 170 people were killed in Syria and Iraq while about 300 jihadists returned to France. Valls added that about 1,000 people are closely monitored. "We are in a battle on our soil," Valls concluded. French President Francois Hollande declared war on terrorism last year after the horrific November Paris terror attacks killed 130 people.
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  Football match in Istanbul postponed because of security concerns

  A football match between top Turkish football clubs Fenerbahce and Galatasaray has been postponed because of security concerns with the fans having been evacuated from the stadium. The Istanbul Governor’s office said it had obtained “serious intelligence” about a potential security threat, Reuters reports citing CNN Turk TV. The cancellation of the match comes a day after suicide bombing attack in Istanbul which killed five people including the terrorist and injured dozens more.
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  Northern Sweden hit by strongest earthquake in 100 years

  The strongest earthquake in 100 years hit northern Sweden on Saturday. The quake measured 4.2 on the Richter scale according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The epicenter was between the towns of Pitea and Skelleftea, about 45 kilometers off the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia. There have been no reports of injuries or significant damage. The Swedish national seismic network says that the Gulf of Bothnia “has relatively high seismic activity but has not experienced a quake of this size in the last 100 years,” the Local reports.