Syria
Airstrikes hit market, hospital
Airstrikes in opposition areas of Syria’s northern Aleppo province struck a market, a hospital and a village on Friday, killing at least 18 people, including children and two hospital staffers, activists and rescue workers said. The air raids hit the only hospital for women and children in the town of Kafr Hamra before dawn, killing two staffers, including a nurse. The Syrian Civil Defense, a group of first responders, said it pulled 10 people alive from under the rubble.
UNITED NATIONS
More troops for South Sudan
United Nations peacekeepers in South Sudan have a robust new mandate and thousands of additional troops despite government opposition to the move, raising the possibility of clashes between blue helmets and the country’s armed forces. The Security Council on Friday approved a U.S.-drafted resolution granting expanded powers to peacekeepers requiring them to use “all necessary means” to protect U.N. personnel and installations and to take “proactive” measures to protect civilians from threats. The resolution also adds an additional 4,000 soldiers from Africa nations, bringing the peacekeeping force’s troops to around 17,000.
Canada
Police: Plane crash kills thief
Police said a man who stole a small plane from a rural airport in the Greater Toronto Area has died after crashing the aircraft onto a busy commercial street in southern Ontario. Police in Peterborough located about 86 miles east of Toronto, said Friday that the man in his 20s was the only person in the Piper aircraft when it went down after 1 a.m. Inspector Lynne Buehler said the man is believed to have stolen the small plane sometime on Thursday night. She said the man was found dead by emergency crews who responded to the crash site, located near a mall in Peterborough.
Germany
Keyless entry systems hacked
A group of computer security experts say they figured out how to hack the keyless entry systems used on millions of cars, meaning that thieves could in theory break in and steal items without leaving a broken window. The experts say that remote entry systems on millions of cars made by Volkswagen since 1995 can be cloned to permit unauthorized access to the car’s interior. The same experts say another system used by other brands including Ford, General Motor’s Opel and Chevrolet and Renault can also be defeated.
Compiled from wire reports