Biden announces US$2.5 bln in fresh military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 — United States President Joe Biden announced US$2.5 billion (RM11.16 billion) in additional security assistance for Ukraine today as he uses his...
Air safety probe ordered after South Korea’s worst crash kills 179
SOUTH JEOLLA, Dec 30 — South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operation system...
S. Korea investigators request arrest warrant for Yoon over martial law fiasco
SEOUL, Dec 30 — South Korean investigators have sought an arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over this month’s short-lived imposition of martial...
Norway’s Torp Airport resumes operations after plane makes emergency landing
OSLO, Dec 30 — Torp Airport in Norway resumed operations yesterday afternoon after a Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) Boeing 737, which made an emergency landing...
Israel detains 240 Palestinians including director of Gaza hospital
CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Dec 30 — Israeli forces detained more than 240 Palestinians including dozens of medical staff from a north Gaza hospital they raided on Friday,...
Russia’s Putin apologises to Azerbaijan over ‘tragic’ airliner crash
MOSCOW/BAKU, Dec 30 — President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan‘s leader for what the Kremlin called a “tragic incident” over Russia in which...
Jimmy Carter, former US president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, dies at 100
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 — Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as US president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis...
Azerbaijan president says crashed plane was shot at from Russia
BAKU/MOSCOW, Dec 29 — Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said today a passenger plane that crashed last week, killing 38 people, had been damaged by shooting...
179 bodies recovered from S. Korean air crash
SOUTH JEOLLA, Dec 29 — The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people today, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the...
Experts say bird strike possible cause of deadly S. Korean plane crash
SOUTH JEOLLA, Dec 29 — Uncertainties surround the deadliest crash on South Korean soil, experts said today, questioning initial suggestions that a bird strike might...
After plane crash in S. Korea, aircraft slips on runway in Canada
SHAH ALAM, Dec 29 — Several hours after a passenger plane crashed into a wall at a South Korean airport, an Air Canada plane reportedly...
Jeju Air fireball crash claims 124 lives so far
SOUTH JEOLLA, Dec 29 — At least 124 people have been killed after an airliner landed without wheels, veering off the runway and erupting in...