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An EgyptAir airliner has been hijacked and forced to divert to Larnaca airport on the south coast of Cyprus. Flight MS181, an Airbus A320 carrying 81 passengers from Alexandria to Cairo, was taken over by at least one hijacker. A passenger who said he was wearing a suicide belt ordered the flight crew to divert […]
As per Russia’s emergencies ministry the aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, crashed at 03:50 (0030 GMT) at the airport in Rostov-on-Don. Officials said there were 55 passengers and six crew on board the plane. “Unfortunately, they all died,” Viktor Yanutsenko, an emergencies ministry official helping coordinate the emergency response, was […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be one of the most influential leaders in the world and he will soon be immortalised in wax. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon join a host of celebrities, world leaders, historical figures and royalty – as a wax figure at Madame Tussauds. The celebrated wax museum of London established […]
Hillary Clinton has won the Florida primary, multiple news outlets called early Tuesday night. This was expected for Clinton, who has been polling with double-digit leads in Florida over Sanders in the weeks leading up to Super Tuesday II. While some speculated that Sanders’s major upset win in Michigan would give him momentum through the […]
At least 50 persons were injured today when the engine of a Bangkok commuter boat exploded during rush hour in one of the city’s busy canals. The boat was ferrying passengers when its engine exploded near the Wat Thepleela Pier in the city’s eastern outskirts, throwing many passengers in the canal that also serves as […]
Four Indian nuns were among 16 people killed in strife-torn Yemen’s Aden city today when a group of terrorists stormed an elderly care home run by Kolkata-based Missionaries of Charity, handcuffed the victims before shooting them in the head. The terrorists, numbering between 2 and 4, asked the guard to open the gate of the […]
Massive earthquake of 7.9 hits off the coast of western Indonesia, USGS reports, no immediate reports of damage. Quake reported in the Indian Ocean west of Indonesia. Earth quake in Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Today Blasts and gunfire were reported near Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad. (AFP). Staff of Indian Consulate is reported to be safe.
Indo-British filmmaker Asif Kapadia won the best documentary Oscar for “Amy”, a poignant examination of singer Amy Winehouse’s life and her tragic death at the age of 27. Kapadia, who has already won the Golden Globe and Bafta awards for the documentary, paid tribute to Winehouse, who died in 2011 following a battle with drug […]
Two commuter trains collided head-on in southern Germany today, killing at least eight people and injuring around 100, in one of the country’s deadliest rail accidents in years. Hundreds of rescuers were racing to pull passengers from the wreckage in a wooded area near Bad Aibling, a spa town about 60 kilometres southeast of Munich. […]
