NEW DELHI: Aviation authorities have found one of the two black boxes of the Air India flight that crashed in the western Indian state of Gujarat, killing 241 on board, according to local newspaper Hindustan Times, as reported by Xinhua. The London-bound flight crashed on Thursday afternoon shortly after takeoff from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel…
HAMILTON: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday expressed sorrow over the deadly Air India plane crash in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, which claimed more than 200 lives. “The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the news of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on 12 June, which claimed the lives of more…
JERUSALEM: Israel’s army chief said the military’s strikes against Iran on Friday may not achieve “absolute success” and warned citizens to brace for likely retaliation from the Islamic republic. “I can’t promise absolute success — the Iranian regime will attempt to attack us in response, the expected toll will be different to what we are…
AHMEDABAD: In an echoing hall in India’s Ahmedabad, mourning families gave DNA samples on Friday to identify relatives missing after a London-bound passenger jet crashed in a residential area. At least 265 people on board and on the ground were killed when the Air India 787-8 Dreamliner smashed into a residential area soon after takeoff…
Los Angeles, United States: A judge has ordered Donald Trump to return control of the California National Guard to the state, saying the president’s decision to deploy them to protest-hit Los Angeles over Governor Gavin Newsom’s objections was “illegal.” “His actions were illegal … He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to…
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Iran late Thursday not to respond to Israeli strikes by hitting American bases, saying Washington was not involved. “We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,“ Rubio said in a statement. “Let me be clear: Iran…
ISTANBUL: At least 265 people were killed while only one passenger survived when an Air India flight to London crashed moments after take-off from the city of Ahmedabad on Thursday. The Press Trust of India, citing police, reported that as many as 265 bodies were recovered after the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, carrying 230 passengers and…
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: California’s stand-off with President Donald Trump’s administration ratcheted up Thursday, after a sitting US senator was handcuffed and forcibly removed from a press conference on immigration raids that have spurred days of protests. The shocking incident, which came after the Republican president sent troops into Los Angeles over the objections of…
PARIS: A Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying 242 people crashed on Thursday after taking off from the Indian city of Ahmedabad bound for London, with officials saying that just one person on the jet survived and at least 24 people on the ground died. Police said 265 bodies had been taken to hospital in the main…
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: A US senator from California was forcibly removed from a news conference being held by Donald Trump’s homeland security chief on Thursday, in the latest escalation of tensions over controversial immigration arrests. Senator Alex Padilla was pushed and shoved from the room at a federal building in Los Angeles as he…
