A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, killing at least 85, emergency services said, with a bird strike and adverse weather conditions cited as likely causes. Two survivors — one crew and one passenger — were plucked from the wreckage as part of an ongoing rescue operation, …
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A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, emergency services told AFP, with 47 confirmed dead and dramatic video showing the aircraft bursting into flames.Two people — one crew and one passenger — were rescued from the wreckage as part of an ongoing rescue operation, the national …
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A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, authorities told AFP, with 29 confirmed dead and dramatic video showing the aircraft bursting into flames.Two people — one crew and one passenger — were rescued from the wreckage as part of an ongoing rescue operation, the national fire …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised on Saturday over the crash of an Azerbaijani Airlines plane, though he stopped short of accepting that it might have been hit by Russian fire. Putin did admit that Russian air defences were at work when the passenger plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, and the Kremlin said Putin …
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Israel’s military on Saturday said a hospital director is being held as a suspected Hamas militant after a north Gaza raid the World Health Organization said left the area’s last major health facility emptied of patients and staff.The military said the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Hossam Abu Safiyeh, is being held for questioning, on …
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A delegation from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish DEM party on Saturday visited jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life on a prison island off Istanbul, party officials said. The visit was the party’s first in almost 10 years. DEM’s predecessor, the HDP party, last met Ocalan in April 2015.”The delegation left in the morning,” a party …
Vladimir Putin admitted Saturday Russian air defence was working when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, while stopping short of claiming responsibility. The Kremlin said Putin apologised to Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev over the “tragic incident” in a phone call, but did not say Russian air defence shot the plane. Moscow had …
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Israel’s military on Saturday confirmed it has detained a hospital director during a raid in north Gaza that the World Health Organization said left the area’s last major health facility emptied of patients and staff.The military said the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Hossam Abu Safiyeh, is being held for questioning, suspected of “being a …
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Gaza health officials and the WHO said Saturday that an Israeli military raid targeting Hamas militants has forced a major hospital in northern Gaza out of service and led to the detention of its director.The military said it intercepted two projectiles fired toward Israel from northern Gaza, a rare attack more than 14 months into …
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A delegation from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish DEM party is due on Saturday to visit jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life on a prison island off Istanbul, a party source said.”The delegation left in the morning,” the source told AFP, without elaborating how they would travel to the island for security reasons. The visit …
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