Rescue workers, soldiers and firemen sang the national anthem and listened to speeches as three OV-10 attack aircraft darted through the cloudy sky.
Former US President Jimmy Carter took the time to shake the hand of every other passenger on his flight from Atlanta to Washington, DC.
Former US President Jimmy Carter took the time to shake the hand of every other passenger on his flight from Atlanta to Washington, DC.
A premature elephant calf is being raised by zookeepers. Her mother was not producing milk so the female calf had to be taken away. Zookeepers now feed and bath the baby and even sleep next to her. The calf wont be on display at Pittsburgh Zoo for several months. She has to focus first on growing and becoming stronger.
Baby hippo Fiona has been reunited with her mother Bibi. Fiona was born six weeks early and had to be raised by zookeepers at Cincinnati Zoo. Now she is big enough to be reunited with her family. She was first introduced to her parents with partitions separating them. They know each other well enough now to meet properly.
Slippery roads have caused a massive traffic pileup in China. Five trucks in total were involved in the traffic incident. One passenger was killed and three others injured.According to state broadcaster CCTV, heavy rainfall is to blame for the crash. Southern and Eastern China has been suffering from heavy rainfall causing widespread flooding.
A truck driver was seriously injured when his vehicle became engulfed in flames on a motorway in Florida, US. The trucks fuel tank exploded when it hit a temporary guard rail. The driver suffered burns on 40 percent of his body. Debris was thrown 300 feet across the highway. A witness recorded the gigantic explosion because he started filming after the truck drifted off the road twice before.
Polls have opened for the first round of parliamentary elections in France. President Emmanuel Macron is likely to gain the majority necessary for his ambitious reforms.His Republic on the Move (LREM) party is expected to secure at least 30 percent. Huge losses are predicted for both the centre-right Republicans and the Socialists.The second round of elections to determine the new MPs will take place next Sunday.
Chilling footage shows the moment a victim is freed from a notorious serial killer in November 2016. Kala Brown was kidnapped by Todd Kohlhepp in Woodruff, South Carolina and chained up inside a shipping container for two months. He also shot and killed her partner Charlie Carver and raped Brown daily.After Kohlhepps arrest, he confessed to seven murders, including an unsolved quadruple shooting in 2003. Kohlhepp previously lured another couple to his property promising a job and killed both in 2015. He was sentenced to seven consecutive life terms plus 60 years for kidnapping and sexual assault.Because he accepted a plea deal, he cannot receive the death penalty.
The police are investigating the cause of the accident.
The state's Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the unit will be within a maximum-security prison and have capacity for 54 inmates.
On June 12 2016, gunman Omar Mateen killed 49 people inside LGBTQ nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida. It was the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in American history. IBTimes UK visited the scene in October 2016, and spoke with members of the LGBTQ community in the city about horrific attack.
IBTimes Singapore has compiled a list of 10 best Father's Day messages which can be dedicated to fathers around the world.
Critics also said that Martial law will just allow law authorities and state-sponsored vigilantes to resort to extrajudicial killings.
Father's Day is celebrated every year on third Sunday in June and this year it falls on June 18.
