ABC: ANKARA, Turkey — Search and recovery teams on Wednesday intensified their operations at the site of a plane crash that killed Libya’s military chief and other high-level officers, working to secure the area and locate the aircraft’s flight recorders after a night of heavy rain and fog, Turkey’s state-run news agency said. The private jet carrying Gen. […]
(Reuters)BANGKOK, Dec 24 – Thailand’s caretaker leader Anutin Charnvirakul was picked by his party on Wednesday to stand as its candidate for prime minister in a general election in early February, as he bids to benefit from a wave of nationalism arising from an ongoing border conflict with Cambodia. Less than 100 days after he was elected […]
CNN: Libya’s army chief was killed in a plane crash while returning home from an official visit to Turkey on Tuesday, the country’s prime minister said. Lt. Gen. Mohamed Al-Haddad was killed along with four of his companions in a “tragic accident” while on flight home to Tripoli from an official visit to Ankara, Prime […]
BBC: At least two people have died and several others were injured after an explosion and fire at a Pennsylvania nursing home caused a partial collapse of the building. Emergency crews were called to the Silver Lake Nursing Home in Bristol at about 14:00 local time (19:00GMT) on Tuesday after receiving reports of a gas […]
BBC: The killing of a Hindu man during recent violent protests in Bangladesh has pushed already strained ties between Dhaka and Delhi into a deeper crisis. As the two neighbours accuse each other of destabilising relations, questions are growing over whether their once close, time-tested relationship is fraying beyond repair. In India, the episode has […]
BBC: Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the embattled eastern town of Siversk, as Russia continues its steady – albeit slow – advance. The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday it acted “to preserve the lives of our soldiers and the combat capability of units”, adding that Russian forces had a “significant advantage in manpower”. The capture […]
PressRelease: THIMPHU, 22nd December 2025: The Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) Steering Committee received a letter from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on 19th December, 2025 conveying the findings pertaining to the investigation on ESP loans and actions to be taken by the Committee. The Steering Committee convened a special meeting on 22nd December, 2025 to deliberate […]
(Reuters) KYIV, Dec 23 – Russia hammered Ukraine with missiles and drones in a new air attack on Tuesday, authorities said, killing at least three people including a child and triggering emergency power cuts across the country as Ukrainians gear up to celebrate Christmas. Moscow’s latest combined strike hit energy facilities in western regions the […]
(Reuters) PESHAWAR, Pakistan Dec 23 – Five Pakistani police personnel were killed on Tuesday when their van was ambushed in a bombing and shooting attack in the country’s northwest, provincial police said, as Pakistan struggles with a resurgence of militant violence. Provincial police said the vehicle was first targeted with improvised explosives before the attackers […]
Five people were killed after a small plane belonging to the Mexican Navy crashed off the coast of Galveston, Texas, on Monday, officials said in a statement. Eight people were on board the small plane when it crashed. Out of the eight, five people died, two people are alive and one person is still missing, […]