South Korea plane crash: Eyewitnesses report sparks in engine, bird strike; death toll mounts to 127

Seoul (IANS) Witnesses to a deadly plane crash in South Korea's southwestern county of Muan on Sunday reported seeing flames in the jet's engine and hearing explosions as authorities investigate the possibility of landing gear failure from…

Russia warns of 'decisive response' to US missile threats: Sergei Lavrov

Seoul (IANS) The United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will face a "decisive response," including military-technical countermeasures, should they make new missile threats against Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov…

Multiple explosions rock Kabul as Pak-Afghan border clashes intensify

Kabul (IANS) Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has become the epicentre of multiple explosions during the last 24 hours as border clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces intensify. At 10 a.m. on Saturday, an explosion was reported in Kabul close to the…

Greatest champion of US-India partnership: US, other nations mourn passing of Dr Singh

New Delhi (IANS) US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken on Friday expressed his heartfelt condolences on the demise of former Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Remembering Dr. Singh as a pivotal architect of Indo-US ties, Blinken stated that…

Ambush in Syria kills 14 interim govt officers

Damascus (IANS) Fourteen officers from Syria's interim Ministry of Interior were killed and ten others injured in a "treacherous ambush" in the northwestern province of Tartus on Wednesday, the interim government's Interior Minister Mohammed…

Pak airstrikes in Afghanistan claim 15 lives; Taliban vows to retaliate

Kabul (IANS) At least 15 people, including women and children, have been killed in Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan, with the death toll expected to rise further, according to local media reports. 

The strikes carried out late on Tuesday,…

Passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan; survivors reported

Aktau (Kazakhstan) (IANS) A passenger plane carrying over 100 people crashed near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, according to reports from the country's Emergencies Ministry.   

Local media outlet Kazpravda.kz reported that the…

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes near Kazakhstan's Aktau, 28 survivors reported

Almaty (IANS) A passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines from Baku to Grozny crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) said. 

The Embraer 190 aircraft with flight number…

North Korea preparing for additional troop deployment, suicide drone supply to Russia: Seoul

Seoul (IANS) North Korea appears to be preparing to deploy additional troops and military equipment to Russia, possibly including suicide drones, in support of Moscow's war against Ukraine, South Korea's military said on Monday. 

According…

They treated me more violently than Pakistani hyenas, says Bangladeshi freedom fighter after assault by Jamaat workers

Dhaka (IANS) In yet another shocking incident that exposes the chaotic situation currently prevailing in Bangladesh under interim government led by Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, one of the country's renowned freedom fighters Abdul Hai Kanu was…