Russian plane crash: At least 41 killed as jet bursts into flames in emergency landing at Moscow airport
Forty-one people have been killed after a Russian Aeroflot plane burst into flames as it made an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 took off from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, destination Murmansk, at 6.03pm local time. Six minutes later the pilots transmitted a 7600 alert, signifying a failure of radio communications. …
Briton Robert Leeming rearrested after bodies of woman and daughter found in Canada
A British man has been rearrested by police investigating the deaths of a woman and her one-year-old daughter in Canada. Robert Leeming was taken back into custody after the bodies of Jasmine Lovett, 25, and her daughter Aliyah Sanderson were found in woodland west of Calgary on Monday. The mother and daughter’s family said their…
Sri Lanka deploys troops after communal violence breaks out in wake of Easter Sunday bombings
The Sri Lankan government has deployed troops and imposed a curfew after clashes broke out between Catholic and Muslim communities in Negambo, one of the sites of the Easter Sunday bombings. Mobs attacked homes and businesses in the first reported outbreak of violence since the bombings on churches and luxury hotels that left 257 dead.…
US sends naval strike group to Middle East in ‘message’ to Iran
The US is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and a fleet of bombers to the Middle East in response to a “troubling and escalatory indications” of Iranian activity in the region, the White House announced. Click Here: John Bolton, the White House national security advisor, gave no details of the threats but said the…
Amsterdam to ban all diesel and petrol cars and motorbikes by 2030
Amsterdam’s head of transport has announced plans to ban petrol and diesel cars in the city by 2030. The clean air action plan aims to make the Dutch capital a “world leader in emission-free transport”. Transport chief Sharon Dijksma said residents “live a year less on average due to dirty air” and that the plan…
Salvini under fire for address from notorious balcony used by Mussolini to watch executions
Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister, has come under fire for addressing his political supporters in the town of Forli from the same balcony where former dictator Benito Mussolini witnessed the execution of his opponents during the fascist era. Mr Salvini, head of the far-right League Party, chose the small town only 10 miles from…
Man arrested in France for keeping white tiger cub
Investigators in southeast France have seized a white tiger cub at the home of a suspected exotic animal trafficker, while pythons and endangered marsupials were found at his mother’s house, a police source said Saturday. Members of the public health agency OCLAESP were recently informed of the illegal sale of lemurs and their investigations led…
Israel assassinates Hamas operative in Gaza as Palestinian militants fire 600 rockets
Israel and Hamas were locked in one of the bloodiest rounds of fighting since the 2014 Gaza War on Sunday night as civilian casualties mounted on both sides and Israeli forces massed for a possible ground offensive. Four civilians were killed in southern Israel on Sunday after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired a barrage…
Thailand’s king Maha Vajiralongkorn takes to the throne as snubbed sister falls into line
Click:bearing manufacturer The new Thai King was doused with holy water before finally putting on a towering 7kg bejeweled gold crown as he ascended to the throne at the start of three days of pageantry steeped in ostentatious traditions. The series of ancient rites, last seen almost 70 years ago, began with a royal purification…
A mirror, a sword and a gem: Inside the mystery-laden coronation of a new Japanese emperor
Perhaps unsurprisingly for the world’s oldest hereditary monarchy, the abdication of Emperor Akihito and the ascension of his son Crown Prince Naruhito will be shrouded in a series of ancient rituals and ceremonies as complex as they are mysterious. Forget fairytale crowns. A sword, a mirror and a jewel will instead play the most symbolic…