Section: Asia
- Afghanistan (54)
- Armenia (2,395)
- Azerbaijan (1,400)
- Bangladesh (459)
- China (1,817)
- India (3,608)
- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
- Kazakhstan (682)
- Kyrgyzstan (667)
- Laos (3)
- Malaysia (6,377)
- Myanmar (25)
- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
- Singapore (4,460)
- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
- Tajikistan (42)
- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
Deaths increase, but air travel in general becomes more ‘safe’: IATA report
The number of deaths in jetliner disasters spiked last year despite there being fewer accidents in total, an international airline industry group said Monday. The International Air Transport Association said in its annual safety report that 641 people died in airline accidents in 2014. Its figures don’t include the 298 people killed when...
Airline group: More deaths in 2014 from fewer accidents
The number of deaths in jetliner disasters spiked last year despite there being fewer accidents in total, an international airline industry group said Monday.The International Air Transport Association said in its annual safety report that 641 people died in airline accidents in 2014. Its figures don’t include the 298 people killed when...
Mourinho has sights set on joining elite in Champions League
After winning the English League Cup to end a trophy drought of nearly three years, Jose Mourinho now has his sights set on joining Carlo Ancelotti and Bob Paisley as the only managers to win the Champions League or European Cup three times.Chelsea will first have to get past Paris Saint-Germain in its last-16 tie, however. Chelsea and PSG drew...
Nemtsov friend says Islamist motive for Moscow killing is nonsensical
A colleague of Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition figure shot dead near Moscow’s Red Square, said suggestions he was killed by Islamists were nonsensical and useful for the Kremlin because they deflected accusations that officials were involved. Speculation about an Islamist link strengthened after investigators charged a man from the...
UPDATE1: Abe, Merkel eye Ukraine, antiterror steps, Japan-EU trade
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Two Charged With Boris Nemtsov Killing Include Chechen Officer: Report
Moscow. Moscow authorities have charged two men with involvement in the murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, one of whom served in a police unit in the Russian region of Chechnya according to a law enforcement official. A total of five men were frogmarched into a Moscow courtroom on Sunday, forced by masked security officers gripping their...
Air accidents 2014: Fewer accidents, death toll increase credited to Malaysian disasters
The number of deaths in jetliner disasters spiked last year despite there being fewer accidents in total, an international airline industry group said Monday. The International Air Transport Association said in its annual safety report that 641 people died in airline accidents in 2014. Its figures don’t include the 298 people killed when...
Air travel ‘safer’ in 2014 despite Malaysia disasters: IATA
LAST YEAR was by some measures the safest in the history of commercial aviation, despite two high-profile crashes involving Malaysia Airlines aircraft in which hundreds of people were killed, a leading industry body said on Monday according to a Reuters report. While more people died in air accidents in 2014 than the average in recent years, the...
Air travel “safer” in 2014 despite M’sia disasters: IATA
SINGAPORE: Last year was by some measures the safest in the history of commercial aviation, despite two high-profile crashes involving Malaysia Airlines aircraft in which hundreds of people were killed, a leading industry body said on Monday. While more people died in air accidents in 2014 than the average in recent years, the number of fatal...
Airline group: More deaths in 2014 from fewer accidents
HONG KONG — The number of deaths in jetliner disasters spiked last year despite there being fewer accidents in total, an international airline industry group said Monday. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in its annual safety report that 641 people died in airline accidents in 2014. Its figures don’t include the...
