WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military said Wednesday that it is grounding its entire fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft one week after an Air Force CV-22 crashed off the coast of Japan, killing eight U.S. airmen onboard.

The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) said in a statement that its commander, Tony Bauernfeind, directed an operational standdown to "mitigate risk while the investigation continues" into the Nov. 29 crash of a CV-22 Osprey off the coast of Yakushima, an island in southern Japan, that killed all the eight crew members, all of them servicemen of AFSOC. (US-Grounding-Military Aircraft)

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LIMA -- Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori left prison Wednesday, where he was serving a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity, after the Constitutional Court (TC) issued a resolution on Tuesday ordering his "immediate release."

Fujimori walked out of the black gates of Barbadillo Prison, located in Lima's Ate district, at 6:30 p.m. local time (2330 GMT), and was met by his family members Keiko and Kenji Fujimori. (Peru-Former President-Release)

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WASHINGTON -- Republicans of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked a procedural vote on a bill that included funding for Ukraine and Israel amid their respective conflicts, citing a lack of policy changes in the measures to improve security on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from the state of Vermont, joined all of the chamber's 49 Republicans in casting the "no" vote, blocking the 111 billion-dollar package from advancing in the chamber. (U.S.-Ukraine-Israel-Funding)

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MOSCOW -- Two people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a school in the Russian city of Bryansk on Thursday, reported TASS news agency, citing local authorities. (Russia-Shooting-Death). Enditem

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