Neyaz Farooquee & Thomas Mackintosh BBC News, Delhi and London Verified video shows the Air India plane descending before deadly crash An Air India plane travelling from India to London crashed within moments of take-off on Thursday, killing 241 passengers and crew, and more people on the ground. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which took off … Read more
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says one Canadian was on board an Air India plane that crashed in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday morning, writing in a post on X that he’s “devastated” at the news. Carney said his thoughts are with the loved ones of the more than 240 passengers on board the plane that crashed, with … Read more
The Harry S. Truman Federal Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of State, is pictured on October 8, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The entire Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board resigned over what it said Wednesday was meddling by the Trump administration in the board’s authority to award scholarships. The 12-member board, … Read more
Security camera footage shows the moment Israeli forces boarded a yacht that was carrying activists towards Gaza, to deliver humanitarian aid. The 12 activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, were detained and their boat, the Madleen, was towed to the Israeli port city of Ashdod. The Madleen’s journey was organised by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, … Read more
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JERUSALEM — Israeli forces have boarded a charity vessel attempting to reach the Gaza Strip in defiance of an Israeli naval blockade, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said early Monday. The British-flagged yacht Madleen, operated by the pro-Palestinian FFC, had departed from Sicily on June 6 and had hoped to reach Gaza later in the day, … Read more