YANGON: A Myanmar junta air strike on a rebel-occupied ruby mining hub killed 13 people on Saturday, according to a resident and a spokesperson for an armed opposition group.Civil war has consumed Myanmar since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, sparking resistance from pro-democracy guerrillas who found common cause with long-active ethnic armed…
Air Arabia’s new Bangkok flights will use Airbus A321neo-LR aircraft, known for fuel efficiency, extended range/ Representative Image Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier, has announced the addition of a third daily flight between Sharjah International Airport and Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. The expanded service will…
US Air Force veteran makes mid-air threat (Image: @taj.maliktaylor) A domestic flight in the US was forced to make an emergency landing after a 27-year-old man, recently discharged from a psychiatric facility, allegedly claimed mid-air that his laptop was a bomb.The incident occurred on Allegiant air flight 1023, which had departed St Pete–Clearwater international airport…
In photo released by Geological Agency (Badan Geologi) of the Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spews volcanic materials during an eruption in East Flores, Indonesia, Monday, July 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Indonesia’s rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted on Monday (July 7, 2025), sending a column of volcanic…
WASHINGTON: The US Air Force has suspended plans it had proposed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, according to a report this week in Stars and Stripes, an independent publication of the US military. The suspension came after Reuters reported that biologists and experts said the…
Canadian PM Mark Carney (AP photo) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday called the 1985 Air India Flight 182 Kanishka bombing the “deadliest attack” in Canada’s history.In a message posted on X, he said the Canadian government “unequivocally stands against terrorism.”Carney said, “40 years ago, Canada faced the deadliest terrorist attack in its history….
NYT reported that Iran’s attack was a symbolic one and they coordinated it with Qatar. After Iran launched an attack on the American air base in Qatar in what seemed to be a major escalation after US dropped bombs on Iran’s three nuclear plants, a New York Times report said that Iran coordinated the attacks…
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu (File photo) At Donald Trump‘s request, the Israel Air Force (IAF) took out multiple air defense systems in the 48 hours leading up to the strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility, one of the three sites targeted under Operation Midnight Hammer on Sunday.Also Read | ‘An act of strength’ :…
Brazil hot air balloon horror (Video credit: Disclose.tv’s X account) At least eight people died in a hot air balloon accident in southern Brazil’s Santa Catarina state. 13 people survived and were taken to hospitals, Santa Catarina’s military fire brigade said. The incident occurred Saturday morning in the city of Praia Grande, according to state…
An Indian-American professor drew flak after she blamed ‘reservation’ for Air India crash. Indian-American professor Dr Rajeshwari Iyer triggered a social media storm, blaming ‘reservation’ behind the Air India crash that killed at least 265 people, including those on board and also those on the ground. Sharing a recruitment notice of the Airports Authority of…
