Sinai helicopter crash: Six Americans, a French citizen and a Czech national, all members of a peacekeeping force, were killed in a crash on Thursday near Sharm el Sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. The peacekeeping force, Multinational Force and Observers, which supervises the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace treaty, said there was nothing to suggest the crash was anything other than an accident.
Measles deaths: A report released Thursday said that deaths worldwide from the vaccine-preventable disease had swelled last year to their highest level in 23 years. Health experts fear a further increase as the pandemic continues to disrupt immunization and detection efforts.
Netherlands attack: At least one gunman opened fire outside the Saudi Embassy in The Hague on Thursday, a day after a World War I commemoration attended by European officials was attacked in Saudi Arabia. No one was injured in the latest attack, and it was not immediately clear whether it was related to the violence in Saudi Arabia.
Blackpink controversy: The K-pop girl band was accused of putting a panda cub at risk after they were seen cuddling him in a video clip. Commentators were aghast that members of the group were wearing makeup while touching the panda and did not wear gloves.
Harley-Davidson in India: The proudly American company is giving up on India because of weak sales, after more than a decade of pursuing a huge but ultimately frustrating place to do business.
The New York Times
