‘Human error behind Nepal airlines crash that killed all 72, including five Indians’
(): The crash of a Yeti Airlines’ aircraft in January this year that killed all 72 people on board, including five Indians, in Nepal’s resort city of Pokhara was caused by human error, according to an inquiry report submitted to the government on Thursday. Yeti Airlines’ 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft crashed on...
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Iran holds funeral for Gen Razi Mousavi
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US announces new weapons package for Ukraine
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China reaffirms military threats against Taiwan
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Eiffel Tower closed while workers strike on 100th death anniv of its founder
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S Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead
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Wild weather kills at least ten in Aus
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US ambassador thanks Japan for allowing Patriot missile sale
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Turkiye hits 70 sites linked to Kurdish groups in Syria
Turkiye has hit more than 70 sites allegedly linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq during airstrikes launched this week in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq, the defense minister said Wednesday. At least 59 Kurdish militants were killed in the strikes as well...
Michigan SC to keep Trump on 2024 ballot
Michigan’s Supreme Court is keeping former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary election ballot. The court said Wednesday it will not hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling from groups seeking to keep Trump from appearing on the ballot. It said in an order that the application by...
Kim Jong boasts of achievements as he opens year-end political meeting
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised what he called achievements and victories that strengthened national power and boosted the country’s prestige this year, as he opened a key political meeting to set new policy goals for 2024, state media reported on Wednesday. Experts said that during this week’s year-end...
Israel launches heavy strikes across central & southern Gaza
Israel launched heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza overnight and into Wednesday after broadening its offensive against Hamas to more areas where the military had told Palestinians to seek shelter earlier in the war. Residents reported heavy bombing in the built-up Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, in the southern...
How Ukrainian special forces secured Dnipro River crossing?
Their first battle plan was outdated the moment the dam crumbled. So the Ukrainian special forces officers spent six months adapting their fight to secure a crossing to the other side of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. But it wasn’t enough just to cross the river. They needed backup...
Tokyo court holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees
(): A Tokyo court on Tuesday held only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant responsible for paying damages to dozens of evacuees. The Tokyo High Court also slashed the amount to half of what the lower court had ordered and relieved the government of responsibility — a...
Students in Indonesia protest growing numbers of Rohingya refugees
Students in Indonesia’s Aceh province rallied on Wednesday demanding the government drive away Rohingya refugees arriving by boat in growing numbers as police named more suspects of human trafficking. Over 1,500 Rohingya, who fled violent attacks in Myanmar and now are leaving camps in neighbouring Bangladesh in search of better...
