A Malaysian police woman holds up a picture of a 19-year-old Iranian, identified by Malaysian police as Pouria Nour Muhammad Mehrdad, who boarded the now missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 with a stolen passport, during a press conference, on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Sepang, Malaysia. One of the two men traveling on a missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner was an Iranian asylum seeker, officials said Tuesday, as baffled authorities expanded their search for the Boeing 777 on the opposite side of the country from where it disappeared nearly four days ago with 239 people on board.Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
- MAN WITH STOLEN PASSPORT ON JET WAS ASYLUM SEEKER
One of the two men traveling on a missing Malaysia Airlines jet with a stolen passport was a 19-year-old Iranian man believed to be trying to migrate to Germany, and had no terror links.
- A SOLEMN DAY OF REMEMBRANCE IN JAPAN
Three years ago, an earthquake and tsunami left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing and triggered a nuclear crisis.
- WHAT KIEV IS DOING TO COUNTER RUSSIAN MILITARY
Ukraine’s acting president calls for the formation of a national guard and for the mobilization of reserves and volunteers into the country’s armed forces.
- NEXT STEPS IN ARMY GENERAL’S SEX ASSAULT CASE
His lawyers will decide whether to submit a new plea-bargain proposal, after the judge said the military may have improperly pushed the trial forward.