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December 29, 2024 12:21 PM

At least 85 dead in fiery South Korea airliner crash, two crew rescued

At least 85 people were killed when an airliner landed without wheels, veering off the runway and erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at South Korea's Muan International Airport on Sunday, the national fire agency said. Jeju Air flight ...

December 28, 2024 6:58 PM

Former PM Manmohan Singh laid to rest with full state honours at Delhi’s Nigambodh Ghat

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was cremated with full state honours at Nigambodh Ghat in Delhi's Kashmere Gate on Saturday, in the presence of his family, friends, colleagues, and government dignitaries. President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Ministe...

December 27, 2024 3:25 PM

Presidents of France, Nepal condole Manmohan Singh’s demise, call him “great man and visionary leader”

Condolences have been pouring in from world leaders for former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who passed away at AIIMS in Delhi on Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron and Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel have condoled the demise of Dr. Singh....

December 26, 2024 9:55 AM

At least 10 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, medics say

At least 10 people were killed, including five journalists, and more than a dozen wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza early on Thursday, medics with the Gaza health authorities said. Five people were killed and 20 wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a...

December 25, 2024 1:12 PM

Russia attacks Ukraine energy system in major missile strike, Kyiv says

Russia attacked Ukraine's energy system and cities in its eastern region with cruise and ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning, Ukraine's energy minister and local officials said. At least three people were wounded in a missile attack on Kharkiv i...

December 24, 2024 12:10 PM

Israeli defense minister claims responsibility for first time for Hamas leader Haniyeh’s assassination

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz admitted on Monday for the first time publicly to Israel's killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July, further risking tensions between Tehran and its arch-enemy Israel in a region shaken by Israel...

December 23, 2024 2:41 PM

Will Trump save TikTok?

The short answer is: We will know after 20 January. That's when he officially takes over as the U.S. President. Trump met the TikTok C.E.O. on 17 December. And this is what he had to say afterwards: “We'll take a look at TikTok. You know, I have a ...

December 22, 2024 2:28 PM

First grief, then a more political tone at site of Germany Christmas market attack

A spontaneous memorial created by grieving families and local residents at a church overlooking Magdeburg's Christmas market evolved during Saturday into something more politically charged. The changing tone at the site of a car-ramming attack on Fr...

December 21, 2024 10:55 AM

Israeli military says Yemen missile lands near Tel Aviv, 14 lightly injured, ambulance service says

The Israeli military said it failed to intercept a missile from Yemen early on Saturday that fell in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area, and the ambulance service said 14 people received mild injuries. Paramedics were treating 14 people with minor shrapnel inj...

December 20, 2024 11:00 AM

Human Rights Watch says Israel’s deprivation of water in Gaza is act of genocide

Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and extermination. "This policy, inflicted as part of a mass killing of Palest...

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