The head of Singapore Airlines has apologised after a flight on Tuesday was hit by "severe extreme turbulence", killing one person and injuring dozens. Goh Choon Phong said the airlines was "very sorry for the traumatic experience" for those onboard flight SQ321

One passenger was killed and 30 injured after a Singapore Airlines flight from London hit severe turbulence en route today, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Bangkok, officials and the airline said. “Singapore Airlines offers its deepest condolences to the family of the

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, whose death in a helicopter crash was announced Monday, is the latest major political leader to die in an aviation accident. Here are some of the best known among the others: 2024: Former Chilean president Sebastian Pinera On 6 February 2024, former

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has angrily condemned the International Criminal Court's prosecutor for seeking arrest warrants for him alongside Hamas's leaders over alleged war crimes in the Gaza conflict. Mr Netanyahu said he rejected with disgust that

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced on Monday five days of mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash. “I announce five days of public mourning and offer my condolences to the dear people of Iran,” said Khamenei in an

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during their seven-month war. Karim Khan said that he believes Netanyahu, his

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyef, who along with Raisi inaugurated the joint Qiz Qalasi Dam at the border between the two countries earlier on Sunday, expressed concern over the incident and announced Baku’s readiness to help Iran. The Armenian foreign ministry expressed

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could find out on Monday whether he has won a reprieve in his last-ditch UK legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States. The Australian national, aged 52, is seeking permission to appeal against a ruling allowing him to be sent to face a US

Iranian media declared President Ebrahim Raisi dead on Monday after his helicopter crashed in a mountainous northwestern region, but there has not yet been any official confirmation. "The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi, had an accident while

The fifth phase of voting in India’s seven-phase election has begun in 49 seats across six states and two union territories. Simultaneously, voting is also being conducted in 35 assembly constituencies in Odisha, where Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is a candidate.  The

William Lai Ching-te has been sworn in as president of Taiwan in a ceremony that included a 21-gun salute, as he later praised the self-governing island’s democracy and urged China to stop its “intimidation”. Lai and Vice President Hsia Bi-khim took their oaths on

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were on board the helicopter that suffered a “hard landing” in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, Iranian state media say. Rescuers say they found the helicopter but Raisi’s

One of the helicopters in a group carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi made a rough landing and rescue teams are on the way to the site of the incident, Iran’s interior minister said on Sunday. The Iranian official news agency IRNA said the helicopter involved in the incident

Nearly 800,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah since Israel launched its offensive against the southern Gaza city last week, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has said. Lazzarini decried the repeated displacement of

Brighton and Hove has elected its first ever South Asian Muslim mayor. Councillors unanimously voted for Bangladeshi-origin Mohammed Asaduzzaman, who was elected to Brighton & Hove City Council in the Hollingdean and Fiveways ward last May. Council leader Bella Sankey said Mr

A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine claimed Saturday to have seized a town near the border with Bangladesh, marking the latest in a series of victories for foes of the country’s military

A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky, and people from seven nearby villages have been evacuated, authorities said on Sunday. Mt. Ibu erupted on Saturday evening, sending ash 4 km (2.5 miles) high, as

Flash flooding has killed at least 50 people in western Afghanistan, provincial police said on Saturday, a week after hundreds were washed away in the north of the country. Friday’s flooding also destroyed about 2,000 houses and damaged thousands more homes and businesses, Ghor

Nine devotees were killed and dozens others injured after their bus caught fire on the Kundali-Manesar-Palwal Expressway in Haryana on Friday night, officials said.  The devotees were returning from a pilgrimage to Mathura and Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh when the fire broke out

The Japanese parliament has approved a change to a decades-old law, which will allow divorced couples to share custody of their children from 2026. Traditionally, custody is granted to a single parent who is then able to completely cut off the other parent's access to their