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Firemen check the wreckage of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft that crashed onto a school campus in Dhaka, 21 July, 2025
19 killed after Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into Dhaka school
DHAKA — A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school campus in northern Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 19 people, including its pilot, and injuring more than 100 others, officials and local media said.The jet crashed onto the campus of Milestone School and College in Dhaka's Uttara neighbourhood, where students were taking tests and attending regular classes.The Bangladesh Army's public relations office confirmed in a brief statement that the downed F-7 BGI aircraft belonged to the Air Force.Television footage showed fire and smoke billowing from the crash site.Parents and relatives panicked at the scene as rescuers, using tri-cycle rickshaws or whatever was available, transported the injured to hospitals.More than 50 people, including children and adults,...
July 21, 2025

19 killed after Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into Dhaka school

Razan Abu Zaher pictured in hospital on June 23
Four-year-old girl dies of hunger in Gaza as Israel throttles food supply
GAZA — Four-year old Razan Abu Zaher gave up her fight for life on Sunday.She died at a hospital in central Gaza from complications brought on by hunger and malnutrition, according to a medical source. Her skeletal body was laid out on a slab of stone.At least 76 children in Gaza have died of malnutrition since the conflict began in October 2023, as well as ten adults, the Palestinian health ministry says. According to the World Health Organization, most of these occurred since Israeli authorities imposed a blockade at the beginning of March.Razan was one of at least four children to succumb in the last three days, the youngest just three months. Over the past 24 hours, 18 deaths have been recorded due to famine in Gaza, the health ministry says, reflecting a deepening crisis in the...
July 21, 2025

Four-year-old girl dies of hunger in Gaza as Israel throttles food supply

Families of the victims say a concrete mound that the plane crashed into had made the accident so devastating
Victims' families criticise report blaming pilot error for Jeju Air crash
SINGAPORE — An investigation into South Korea's deadliest air disaster has found that a pilot mistakenly shut off the wrong engine, local media has reported.All but two of the 181 people on board Jeju Air Flight 2216 were killed when it crashed into a barrier in December while attempting to land at Muan International Airport, following a bird strike on one of its engines.The release of the investigation, scheduled for last weekend, has been delayed after protests from the families of the victims who were briefed on its findings.They accused investigators of pinning the blame on the pilot while ignoring other contributing factors.On the morning of 29 December, the pilots of Flight 2216 reported a bird strike and made a mayday call as their aircraft approached the runway.The pilots...
July 21, 2025

Victims' families criticise report blaming pilot error for Jeju Air crash

General view of desert in Balochistan, Pakistan.
Couple accused of having illicit relationship shot dead in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani police have made multiple arrests after a couple were allegedly murdered in broad daylight on the orders of a tribal elder for having an illicit relationship, in the latest so-called “honor killing” in the country.The killings last month in the southwestern Balochistan province, underscores the shocking and persistent nature of such crimes across parts of Central and South Asia, where family and community members believe they can restore “honor” through bloodshed.At least 11 people have been arrested since video of the incident recently went viral on social media, Balochistan’s chief minister Safraz Bugti said.Graphic video of the killing shows about a dozen men surrounding several vehicles in a desert.A woman, her head wrapped in a shawl, can be seen...
July 21, 2025

Couple accused of having illicit relationship shot dead in Balochistan

Police tape is seen outside Nassau Open MRI after a man was pulled into an MRI machine.
Man dies after being pulled into an MRI by a metal chain he wore, police say
WASHINGTON — A man died last week after being pulled into an MRI machine by a “large metallic chain” police said he was wearing around his neck – highlighting the importance of checking for any metallic objects before going near the powerful magnets used in the medical imaging machines.The 61-year-old died Thursday, a day after Nassau County police said he was pulled into the MRI machine at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, New York, on Long Island. The victim was wearing “a large metallic chain around his neck causing him to be drawn into the machine,” prompting an unspecified “medical episode,” police said in a news release.The man’s entry to the room “while the scan was in progress” was not authorized, police said.He was taken to a hospital in critical condition before...
July 21, 2025

Man dies after being pulled into an MRI by a metal chain he wore, police say

Seven blasts hit Mumbai commuter trains during evening rush hour in 2016
India court acquits 12 men in 2006 Mumbai train bombings
DELHI — A court in India has acquitted 12 men who had been convicted in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings that killed 187 people and injured more than 800.Judges had in 2015 sentenced five of the accused to death and the remaining seven to life imprisonment.On Monday, a two-judge bench of the Bombay High Court overturned the earlier order, ruling that the prosecution had "utterly failed" to establish that the accused had committed the offences for which they had been convicted.The prosecution can appeal against the order in a higher court.On 11 July 2006, seven blasts ripped through the busy commuter trains during the evening rush hour in one of India's deadliest militant attacks.The bombs, packed into seven pressure cookers and put in bags, detonated within six minutes of...
July 21, 2025

India court acquits 12 men in 2006 Mumbai train bombings

Survivors clung to the capsized tourist boat for hours before being rescued in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam on Saturday.
Boy survives Vietnam boat sinking that killed dozens by sheltering in air pocket
HANOI — A boy survived the sinking of a tourist boat in Vietnam which killed dozens of people by sheltering in an air pocket of the overturned vessel, it has emerged.The 10-year-old had been traveling with his family in Vietnam’s famed Ha Long Bay when the vessel they were sailing on became caught in a sudden storm. Trapped in the boat as it capsized, the boy found refuge in an underwater air pocket, where he stayed and waited for help.He was eventually found by rescue teams relatively unharmed, although he was suffering from mental distress. He was warmed up and transferred to a nearby hospital, local outlet VietnamNet reported.“Everything happened so fast,” the boy said. “I tried to get out, and then the soldiers rescued me.”Search and rescue efforts are continuing for...
July 21, 2025

Boy survives Vietnam boat sinking that killed dozens by sheltering in air pocket

A rescue ship approach passenger ship KM Barcelona after it caught fire in the waters off Talise Island in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, July 20, 2025
Hundreds rescued after Indonesian ferry catches  fire
SINGAPORE — Indonesian rescuers said on Monday that they had evacuated more than 560 people from a passenger ferry that caught fire at sea. Three people were confirmed dead.The KM Barcelona 5 caught fire around midday Sunday while heading to Manado on its regular half-day journey from Melonguane port, according to Manado navy base chief First Admiral Franky Pasuna Sihombing.A coast guard vessel, six rescue ships and several inflatable boats were deployed in the rescue operation, Sihombing said. Many survivors were pulled from the sea and taken to nearby islands. Local fisherman also rescued passengers found drifting in life jackets.Images posted to social media showed passengers jumping into the sea as black smoke and flames engulfed the ferry.The search and rescue operation was...
July 21, 2025

Hundreds rescued after Indonesian ferry catches  fire

Palestinians pictured carrying aid supplies in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on Sunday
Israeli forces kill 67 Palestinians seeking aid in northern Gaza, Hamas-run ministry says
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military has killed at least 67 people waiting for UN aid lorries in northern Gaza, the territory's Hamas-run health ministry says.The UN World Food Programme said its 25-truck convoy "encountered massive crowds of hungry civilians which came under gunfire", soon after it crossed from Israel and cleared checkpoints.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that it had "fired warning shots" to remove "an immediate threat". It disputed the number of reported deaths.On Saturday the ministry warned that extreme hunger was increasing in Gaza and growing numbers of people were arriving at its facilities "in a state of extreme exhaustion and fatigue"."We warn that hundreds of people whose bodies have wasted away are at risk of...
July 21, 2025

Israeli forces kill 67 Palestinians seeking aid in northern Gaza, Hamas-run ministry says

Pope Leo XIV expressed his deep sorrow for the Israeli attack on the only catholic church in the Gaza strip on Thursday
Pope repeats call for Gaza ceasefire as Israel widens evacuation orders
ROME — Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Sunday, asking the international community to respect international laws and the obligation to protect civilians.“I once again call for an immediate end to the barbarity of this war and for a peaceful resolution to the conflict,” the pontiff said at the end of his Sunday Angelus prayer from his summer retreat in Castel Gandolfo.Pope Leo also expressed his “deep sorrow” for the Israeli attack on the only catholic church in the Gaza strip on Thursday, which killed three people and wounded 10 others, including the parish priest.“I appeal to the international community to observe humanitarian law and respect the obligation to protect civilians as well as the prohibition of collective punishment, the...
July 21, 2025

Pope repeats call for Gaza ceasefire as Israel widens evacuation orders

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