JERUSALEM: Israel’s Ben Gurion international airport is closed until further notice, a spokeswoman said on Saturday, as Israel and Iran traded fire for a second day. “There is no date or day set to reopen the airport,“ airport spokeswoman Lisa Diver told AFP.
BANGKOK:Thailand said Saturday talks with neighbour Cambodia had “made progress” in resolving a long-running border dispute that last month devolved into clashes. Troops from the two countries exchanged fire on May 28 in an area known as the Emerald Triangle, where the borders of Cambodia, Thailand and Laos meet, with one Cambodian soldier killed. The…
TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed a new head of the Revolutionary Guards air arm on Saturday to replace the one killed by an Israeli strike. In a decree, Khamenei named Majid Mousavi to replace Amirali Hajizadeh as commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps aerospace force.
Friday night saw Israel and Iran exchange a barrage of air strikes For now the fighting between Israel and Iran seems restricted to the two nations. At the United Nations and elsewhere there have been widespread calls for restraint. But what if they fall on deaf ears? What if the fighting escalates and expands? Here…
AHMEDABAD: Grieving families are mourning at least 279 killed when a London-bound passenger jet crashed in India, with the victims in Ahmedabad ranging from a top politician to a teenage tea seller. One man on board the plane, which was carrying 242 passengers and crew, miraculously survived the fiery crash on Thursday afternoon. But that…
IRAN’S strikes against Israel will continue, with targets set to expand to include U.S. bases in the region in the coming days, Iran’s Fars news agency reported on Saturday, citing senior Iranian military officials. “This confrontation will not end with last night’s limited actions and Iran’s strikes will continue, and this action will be very…
AHMEDABAD:Grieving families waited Saturday for news after one of the deadliest air disasters in decades, with the toll rising to 279 people killed in the Indian passenger jet crash. The Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner issued a mayday call shortly before it crashed around lunchtime on Thursday, bursting into a fireball as it hit residential…
TEHRAN: Iran has yet to decide whether to join a sixth round of nuclear talks with the United States on Sunday, state media reported, as Israel and Iran traded fire for a second day. “It is still unclear what decision we will make for Sunday,“ foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said of the talks in…
HANOI: Typhoon Wutip has caused severe flooding in central Vietnam, leaving three people dead, according to Xinhua, citing a Vietnam News Agency report on Saturday. Two victims died in Trieu Phong district of Quang Tri province during flood prevention efforts, while another was drowned in Hai Lang district, the report said. In neighbouring Quang Binh…
NEW DELHI: The death toll from Thursday’s Air India plane crash near Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat has risen to 274, with 33 on-ground deaths having been confirmed, The Times of India daily reported on Saturday, according to Xinhua. The casualty count increasing beyond the 241 passengers and crew confirmed dead in the crash suggested that…
