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Bomb threat on Air India flight triggers emergency at Thiruvananthapuram airport

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Views: 8 Air India flight (Representative image) Photograph:(Twitter) A state of emergency was declared at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in southern India on Thursday (Aug 22) after a bomb threat was received on an Air India flight from Mumbai, news agency Press Trust of India reported while citing sources at the airport. The sources said […]

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28 killed, 23 injured in bus accident carrying Pakistani pilgrims in Iran

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Views: 7 A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned in Iran, killing 28 passengers and injuring another 23 people, the Iranian Students News Agency reported on Wednesday (August 21, 2024). The crash happened Tuesday (August 20) night in the central Iranian province of Yazd, said Mohammad Ali Malekzadeh, a local emergency official, according to the state-run

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The chairman of Morgan Stanley International, Jonathan Bloomer, and his wife were among the passengers missing after a yacht sank off the coast of Sicily

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Views: 23 France 24 The chairman of Morgan Stanley International, Jonathan Bloomer, and his wife were among the passengers missing after a yacht sank off the coast of Sicily, the UK insurer Hiscox said Tuesday. The British-flagged “Bayesian” sank in the Mediterranean amid a storm on Monday, killing one person whose body was recovered by

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British entrepreneur Mike Lynch among missing after luxury yacht sinks off Sicily

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Views: 9 PALERMO, Sicily – One man died and six people were missing, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter, after a luxury yacht was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm and sank off Sicily early on Monday (Aug 19). The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre-long (184-ft) sailboat, was carrying 22 people and was anchored

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JUST IN: American Airlines officially announces the cancellation of all its operations in Israel until April 2025

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Views: 34 American Airlines suspends flights to Israel until April 2025 All American Airlines flights have been removed from booking systems until April 2025, travel agents have informed Israel Hayom. We attempted to receive a response from the company’s Israeli representatives, but none has been received so far. While all US-based airlines have currently halted their

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Government of Uganda has extended the validity of National Identity Cards for one more year.

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Views: 4 The government has announced that the expired national identity cards will remain valid for another year. Speaking to reporters in Kampala on Friday, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Gen. David Muhoozi, said that the move is to ensure the continuity of business within Uganda. “Our idea of extending [the validity of expired national

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7 bus interchanges to be more accessible and family-friendly by 2027

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Views: 5 SINGAPORE — Public transport users can look forward to more family-friendly facilities, such as baby care rooms, at seven bus interchanges across the island by 2027. The interchanges in Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Boon Lay, Clementi, Sengkang, Serangoon and Toa Payoh will undergo upgrading starting in August. The works will enhance accessibility, add passenger-friendly

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China to monitor arrivals of people, goods for mpox virus

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Views: 10 August 16, 2024 7:19 AM. BEIJING — China will monitor people and goods entering the country for mpox for the next six months, a statement from its customs administration said on Friday (Aug 16), after the WHO said the virus was again a global health emergency. “Personnel from countries with monkeypox outbreaks who have been

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North Korea to open its border to foreign tourists in December after four years.

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Views: 4 North Korea will reopen one city to foreign tourists in December after nearly five years of border closures due to the Covid pandemic. At least two China-based tour operators have announced that tourists will soon be allowed to visit the mountainous northern city of Samjiyon. Reclusive North Korea sealed itself off at the

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