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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

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

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

Shigeru Ishiba took questions from journalists at his party's Tokyo headquarters in the hours after the polls closed
Japan's PM vows to stay on despite bruising election loss
TOKYO — Japan's ruling coalition has lost its majority in the country's upper house, but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said he has no plans to quit.Voters went to the polls on Sunday for the tightly-contested election, being held at a time of frustration at the coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner Komeito over rising prices and the threat of US tariffs.Speaking after polls closed on Sunday, the prime minister said he "solemnly" accepts the "harsh result" but that his focus was on trade negotiations.Having already lost its majority in Japan's more powerful lower house last year, the defeat will undermine the coalition's influence.The ruling coalition needed 50 seats to retain control of the 248-seat upper chamber....
July 21, 2025

Japan's PM vows to stay on despite bruising election loss

South Korea's raised the weather-related disaster alert to its highest level
Four dead, 1,300 evacuated as heavy rains hit South Korea
SEOUL — Four people have died and more than 1,300 evacuated as torrential rain pounds South Korea, with authorities warning that the unseasonal deluge will continue.Among those killed were two men in their 80s. Authorities believe one of them was trying to drain floodwaters from the basement of his home.A third victim was crushed when a wall collapsed onto his car. Moments before, he'd called his wife to say the vehicle was "being swept away", authorities say. The fourth victim died of a cardiac arrest."I couldn't understand how something like this could happen," says Kim Ha-min, a cafe owner in the city of Gwangju. She says this is the first time she has experienced such heavy rain.The record rainfall has prompted South Korea's government to raise the...
July 18, 2025

Four dead, 1,300 evacuated as heavy rains hit South Korea

Volunteers rehearsed taking cover in a supermarket basement in an air raid rehearsal in Taipei earlier this month
Sirens and evacuations as Taipei rehearses to counter China invasion threat
TAIPEI — Taiwan's capital Taipei came to a standstill on Thursday as the island held one of its largest-ever civil defence exercises against possible Chinese invasion.Air raid sirens rang out across the metropolitan area and in some areas residents sought shelter indoors, while traffic ground to a halt. The city also held mass evacuation drills and mass casualty event rehearsals.The exercise was held in conjunction with Taiwan's largest ever war games - the annual Han Kuang exercises - as the island increasingly attempts to ramp up its defences.China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its part of its territory and has not ruled out the use of force to "reunify" with the island.Tensions have increased since last year when Taiwan elected its president William Lai, whom China...
July 17, 2025

Sirens and evacuations as Taipei rehearses to counter China invasion threat

The latest deaths take the toll since the arrival of the monsoon in late June to nearly 180 nationwide
Monsoon rains kill 63 in Pakistan 
SINGAPORE — Torrential rains in Pakistan's Punjab province have killed at least 63 people and injured 290 in the 24 hours since downpours started on Wednesday morning.Most of the victims were crushed by collapsing buildings, while the rest either drowned or were electrocuted, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.Authorities in the city of Rawalpindi, next to the capital Islamabad, declared Thursday a public holiday to keep people at home, while those living near a swelling river which runs through the city have been asked to evacuate.The latest deaths take the nationwide toll to nearly 180 since the monsoon started in late June. More than half of them were children.The floods have closed several expressways throughout Punjab and either cancelled or delayed dozens...
July 17, 2025

Monsoon rains kill 63 in Pakistan 

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