Section: The Indian Express (India)
7 die, 31 survive as planes crash midair over Slovakia
The burning debries of a light aircraft photographed near the village of Cerveny Kamen, Slovakia Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. (Source: AP) Two planes carrying dozens of parachutists collided in midair Thursday over western Slovakia, killing seven people, officials said. Thirty-one others on board survived by jumping out with their parachutes. The...
Ukraine violence: 9 dead as shelling increases in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine fighting: A woman visit her apartment damaged after shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. At least seven civilians and two Ukrainian troops were killed overnight today in eastern Ukraine as shelling from the warring sides intensified. The fighting between Russia-backed separatist rebels and Ukrainian government troops in...
Possible Russian-made missile parts found at MH17 crash site: Dutch prosecutors
MH17 crash site in Ukraine. (Source: AP) Dutch prosecutors said Tuesday they have found what they believe could be parts of a Buk missile system at the site in eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was brought down last year. The announcement represents the first time prosecutors have confirmed possible physical evidence of a missile...
Foreigners rescued as Mali hotel siege leaves seven dead
The attackers launched the assault on the Byblos hotel in the early hours of Friday in what military sources and local residents said appeared to be a bid to abduct foreign guests. Five foreigners have been evacuated and a “number” of hostages freed after they were trapped by gunmen in a hotel standoff with soldiers in central Mali that left at...
Gunmen seize hostages in deadly attack on Mali hotel
The attackers launched the assault on the Byblos hotel in Mali on Friday in what military sources and local residents said appeared to be a bid to abduct foreign guests. Gunmen stormed a hotel in central Mali on Friday in an apparent attempt to kidnap Westerners, killing at least three people and seizing hostages in an ongoing standoff with the...
Putin wants to take over the whole of Europe: Ukraine President Poroshenko
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with government officials in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service) Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko today accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of wanting to take over the “whole of Europe” and potentially aiming his...
Debris found in Indian Ocean belongs to Boeing 777: US official
The plane disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people on board. (Source: Reuters) Air safety investigators have a “high degree of confidence” that aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year, a U.S. official said Wednesday. Air...
Russia’s Putin voices opposition to International Tribunal for MH17
Russian U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, center, raises his hand to cast a vote to veto a draft resolution in the Security Council that would create a tribunal to prosecute those found responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at U.N. headquarters. (Source: AP) Russian President...
NATO proclaims ‘strong solidarity’ with Turkey against Islamic State
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, talks during a North Atlantic Council Meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday July 28, 2015. For just the fifth time in its 66-year history, NATO ambassadors met in emergency session Tuesday to gauge the threat the Islamic State extremist group poses to Turkey, and the debated actions...
China shows off victory over Japan logo
China on Monday unveiled its official logo for the forthcoming commemorations of victory over Japan 70 years ago, invoking both peace in the form of doves and robust nationalism with Communist colours and imagery of the Great Wall. The symbol is centred around a large red-coloured “70” for the years since 1945 and what Beijing calls the end of...
