Section: The Indian Express (India)
Technical malfunction forces Airasia X to abort flight, return
“The pilot had to fly for about four hours to burn fuel to make the aircraft lighter, in order to land safely,” Transport Minister Liow said. A technical malfunction forced the pilots of an Airasia X plane from Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah to abort the flight midway and circle for nearly four hours to burn fuel before landing safely here on Sunday....
Kerry holds second round of nuclear talks with Iranian FM
US Secretary of State John Kerry walks off the plane at Kiev Boryspil International Airport in Kiev on Thursday. The Ukrainian government is anxious to use Thursday’s visit by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Kiev to reiterate its plea for lethal aid. (Source: AP) US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday met for surprise talks with...
Europe to draft plan to end fighting in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and French President Francois Hollande, enter a hall for their and German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. (AP Photo) The leaders of Russia, Germany and France agreed during late-night talks in Moscow to draw up a plan to end fighting in Ukraine...
Pro-Russian rebels, Ukrainian forces agree on humanitarian corridor
Relatives of a pro-Russian rebel fighter killed during fighting against Ukrainian government forces, mourn during his funeral in Vuhlehirsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine on Thursday, after the separatists recently burst through government lines in Vuhlehirsk. The rebels are reported to have closed in around the town in a strategy they...
Ukraine crisis: European leaders push for new peace plans
Reporters, left, raises their hands during a press conference with French President Francois Hollande, right, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday. The leaders of France and Germany were carrying a new peace initiative to the Ukrainian and Russian capitals Thursday, amid a flurry of high-level diplomacy to end what French President Francois...
US weighs supply weapons as John Kerry visits Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry walks off the plane at Kiev Boryspil International Airport in Kiev on Thursday. The Ukrainian government is anxious to use Thursday’s visit by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Kiev to reiterate its plea for lethal aid. (Source: AP) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Ukraine to show support for the...
NATO meets to approve strengthening forces in eastern Europe
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (Source: AP photo) NATO defence ministers met on Thursday to sign off on a network of command centres in eastern Europe to rapidly reinforce the region in the event of any threat from Russia, as well as a new regional headquarters and a bigger rapid reaction force. They were expected to agree to more than...
NATO ministers meet on Russia to upgrade response force
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon. (Source: AP) With NATO officials calling Russia more unpredictable now than during the Cold War, alliance defense ministers on Thursday are expected to approve further measures to enhance the organization’s ability to deter and, if necessary, respond to...
5 killed in fresh artillery shelling in eastern Ukraine
Heavy shelling in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday afternoon killed at least five people and damaged a hospital, six schools and five kindergartens, local officials said. The fighting between Russia-backed separatists and government troops in eastern Ukraine resumed in January after a month of relative calm, killing...
Pope decries ‘scandal’ of Ukraine Christians at war
Pope Francis, right, delivers his speech during the weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. (AP Photo) Pope Francis has denounced the surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine, saying it was a “scandal” that Christians were fighting among themselves. During his weekly general audience Wednesday,...
