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Both Jeju Air black boxes found: officials 29 Dec 2024 - 04:03 pm

Seoul: Both black boxes -- the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder -- for Jeju Air flight 2216 have been found,...

IOF murders over 45,514 Palestinians since beginning of Israel's genocide on Gaza 29 Dec 2024 - 03:52 pm

Gaza: The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) murdered at least 45,514 Palestinian civilians and injured at least 108,189 others since the beginning of the...

Shock, grief at South Korea Jeju Air crash site 29 Dec 2024 - 02:31 pm

Muan (South Korea): The stench of gasoline hangs over Muan International Airport. Behind a police cordon, plane seats, suitcases and twisted bits of...

Egypt tests new extension of the Suez Canal 29 Dec 2024 - 02:10 pm

Cairo: Egypt has tested a new 10-kilometre (6.2-mile) extension to the Suez Canal as it tries to minimise the impact of currents on...

Cameroon islands offer safe home for orphaned chimps 29 Dec 2024 - 12:38 pm

Marienberg, Cameroon: Adolescent chimps are, in some respects, rather similar to their human counterparts. They live with mum until well into their teens,...

Georgia's new president sworn in amid political showdown 29 Dec 2024 - 12:30 pm

Tbilisi: Georgia inaugurated a ruling party loyalist as president in the midst of a political showdown on Sunday, moments after Tbilisi's outgoing pro-EU...

Celestial V70 wins overall honours in Sydney to Hobart yacht race 29 Dec 2024 - 12:27 pm

Sydney: Australia's Celestial V70 won the overall trophy for the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Sunday, after the bluewater classic was overshadowed...

What we know about Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea 29 Dec 2024 - 11:51 am

Seoul: A Jeju Air plane flying from Bangkok to South Korea with 181 people on board crashed on landing Sunday, leaving all but...

South Korea Jeju Air plane crash death toll jumps to 120, with only 2 survivors so far: fire department 29 Dec 2024 - 10:02 am

Seoul: AJejuAir plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, colliding with a barrier and bursting into flames,...

Croatia elects president as incumbent looks favourite 29 Dec 2024 - 09:41 am

Zagreb: Croatians cast ballots Sunday to elect a new president with the outspoken incumbent Zoran Milanovic appearing to be the favourite in opinion...

Trump sides with Musk in right-wing row over worker visas 29 Dec 2024 - 09:10 am

Washington: Donald Trump weighed in Saturday in a bitter debate dividing his traditional supporters and tech barons like Elon Musk, saying that he...

Shark kills man fishing in Australia's Great Barrier Reef 29 Dec 2024 - 08:11 am

Sydney: A shark has attacked and killed a 40-year-old pastor who was fishing with his family in the waters of Australia's Great Barrier...

Death toll rises to 85 in South Korea Jeju Air plane crash: fire agency 29 Dec 2024 - 07:56 am

Seoul: A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, killing at least 85, emergency services...

Plane with 181 on board crashes in South Korea, killing 62 29 Dec 2024 - 06:48 am

Seoul: Sixty-two people are confirmed dead after a Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on landing, the...

Togo delays Senate elections to February 15 28 Dec 2024 - 11:20 pm

Paris: Togo's first senatorial elections have been pushed back by two weeks to February 15 "to allow political actors to better organise themselves",...

Prolonged conflict deepens Sudan's humanitarian crisis in 2024 28 Dec 2024 - 08:49 pm

Khartoum: In 2024, violent conflict continued to devastate Sudan, deepening the humanitarian crisis that has afflicted millions since the brutal clashes between the...

Pan-African Parliament calls for restraint, dialogue in Mozambique 28 Dec 2024 - 08:30 pm

Johannesburg: The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), the legislative body of the African Union based in Johannesburg, on Saturday called for restraint in Mozambique and...