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Divers have found wreckage, 5 remains from Osprey aircraft
TOKYO (AP) -- U.S. and Japanese divers have discovered wreckage and the remains of five crew members from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan, the Air Force announced Monday. The CV-22 Osprey carrying eight American personnel crashed last Wednesday off Yakushima island during a training mission. The body of one victim was recovered and identified earlier. The Air Force Special Operations Command said two of the five newly located remains have been recovered but their identities have yet to be determined.
Hungary's Orban demands Ukraine's EU membership be taken off the agenda
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is demanding that the issue of Ukraine's membership in the European Union be taken off the agenda at a summit of the bloc's leaders next week. Orban also said in a letter on Monday to European Council President Charles Michel, who will chair the summit, that the billions of euros in funding meant for the war-torn country should also not be discussed at the gathering. That money is wrapped up in a review of the EU's long-term budget. Orban is seen as an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He insists a "strategic discussion" is needed first about Ukraine's European future and warns that forcing a decision on the issues could destroy EU unity.
British research ship crosses paths with world's largest iceberg
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world -- a "lucky" encounter that enabled scientists to collect seawater samples around the colossal berg as it drifts out of Antarctic waters, the British Antarctic Survey said Monday. The RRS Sir David Attenborough, which is on its way to Antarctica for its first scientific mission, passed the mega iceberg known as the A23a on Friday near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The iceberg -- equivalent to three times the size of New York City and more than twice the size of Greater London -- had been grounded for more than three decades in the Weddell Sea after it split from the Antarctic's Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986.
Authorities say heavy rains and landslides in Tanzania kill at least 47
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- At least 47 people are dead and 85 others injured following heavy flooding and landslides in northern Tanzania, authorities said Monday. The government has deployed the military to help rescue hundreds of people trapped by the flooding which has been described as the worst in years in the East African nation. The flooding occurred near Mount Hanang in the north. Houses, roads and bridges have been destroyed, complicating ongoing rescue efforts.