Day: October 20, 2024
Deutsche Welle : A flight from New Delhi to London was diverted to Frankfurt and evacuated after a report of a bomb on board, German police said on Friday evening. The flight was operated by Indian carrier Vistara and had 147 people on board.Police said the bomb threat had been communicated in an online post on X, formerly Twitter. The authorities deployed police teams, complete with explosive detection dogs, to search of the plane after it was evacuated. No explosive...
AFP : A boat loaded with more than 100 Rohingya refugees was spotted off Indonesia’s westernmost province with at least one dead body seen on board, local officials said Saturday. The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar, and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to try to reach Malaysia or Indonesia. The Rohingya boat is anchored around three to four miles off the coast of South Aceh district with its engine...
AFP : Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will roll out starkly contrasting celebrity back-up this weekend in Pennsylvania and Michigan...
AFP : The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Friday to expand an arms embargo on Haiti, as the impoverished...
Agency : Defence ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries meet for talks in Naples on Saturday against a...
Agency : China’s consulate in Myanmar’s Mandalay city was attacked with an explosive device, local media said on Saturday, adding...
Al Jazeera : A drone has hit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s holiday home in the country’s north, Al Jazeera...
City Desk : The Aligarh Old Boys’ Association of Bangladesh successfully hosted its Sir Syed Day 2024 celebration, paying tribute...
BSS : A recent study conducted by icddr,b has suggested the crucial role of media in shaping public perception and...
BSS : Around nine lakh juvenile girls will be given Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines aimed at protecting them from being...