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US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Wednesday that he would order a 10 percent cut in flights at 40 major US airports, citing air traffic control safety concerns as a government shutdown hit a record 36th day. The drastic plan sent airlines scrambling to make significant reductions in flights
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India’s Maharashtra state, home to financial hub Mumbai, will be the first to roll out Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet service in the world’s most populous country, the chief minister said. The launch of Starlink, which provides high-speed Internet to remote locations using low-orbit satellites, has sparked fierce
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The Israeli military said on Wednesday that the Red Cross had taken possession of the remains of a hostage from Gaza as part of the ongoing ceasefire agreement with Hamas. “According to information provided by the Red Cross, a coffin of a deceased hostage has been transferred into its custody
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An attack on a funeral in the key city of El-Obeid in Sudan’s central Kordofan region killed 40 people, the UN said Wednesday, as paramilitaries looked poised to launch an offensive. The United Nations’ humanitarian office did not specify when the attack took place or who was behind it,
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Authorities in Tanzania faced mounting concern Tuesday over killings during crackdowns on protests surrounding last week’s election, with the largest opposition party alleging that security forces were secretly dumping bodies of hundreds killed in the violence. Demonstrations spread across the East African country for several days after the Oct.
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Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 66 people dead with 26 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away scores of cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a deadly earthquake, officials said Wednesday. Among the dead were
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Survivors of a powerful earthquake in northern Afghanistan that killed more than 25 people and injured nearly 1,000 were digging through the rubble of their homes Tuesday, trying to salvage what belongings they could after spending the night outside in the bitter cold. Rain was forecast for the region,
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Israel on Tuesday received a body from Hamas via the Red Cross in Gaza, the Prime Minister’s Office said, after the Palestinian group reported it had found the remains of an Israeli hostage to be handed over. The office confirmed the body was that of Staff Sergeant Itay Chen
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A passenger train crashed into a cargo train in central India Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring several others, a senior government official said. The incident happened near Bilaspur, about 116 kilometers (72 miles) from Chhattisgarh’s state capital, Raipur. Television channels showed images of one train colliding
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North Korea has sent about 5,000 construction troops to Russia since September to help with “infrastructure reconstruction,” a South Korean lawmaker said Tuesday after a briefing by Seoul’s spy agency. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been emboldened by the war in Ukraine, securing critical support from
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North Korea fired multiple artillery rockets an hour before US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the border separating it from the South, Seoul’s military said on Tuesday. Pyongyang also fired similar weapons minutes before South Korean President Lee Jae Myung held talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping last week,
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Flights between Turkiye and the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah resumed on Monday after a two-and-a-half year ban due to accusations from Ankara of increased militant activity in the province. Airport spokesman Dana Mohammed said that the first Turkish Airlines flight landed in Sulaimaniyah Airport from Turkiye, with 105 passengers
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One person was killed when Typhoon Kalmaegi hit the central Philippines on Tuesday, the national disaster agency said, as torrential rains, strong winds and storm surges forced tens of thousands to evacuate from their homes. With sustained winds of 150 kph and gusts of up to 205 kph when it
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Israel said on Monday the remains of three hostages returned from Gaza the previous night belong to soldiers who were killed in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023 that triggered the war. The positive identification marked another step forward for the tenuous, US-brokered ceasefire. The military said the men
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Flights were briefly suspended at Germany's Bremen Airport on Sunday after an unidentified drone was spotted flying overhead, adding to a spate of similar recent incidents. The drone was sighted "in the immediate vicinity of the airport at around 7:30 pm (1830 GMT)", a police
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UK police on Monday charged a 32-year-old man with attempted murder over a stabbing attack on train that wounded 11 people. British Transport Police said Anthony Williams is charged with multiple counts of attempted murder as well as actual bodily harm and possession of a bladed article. The minutes-long stabbing