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The aftermath of the Air India crash showing a part of the plane crashed in the ground
Air India crash aftermath handled 'irresponsibly', says court
DELHI – The highest court in India has strongly criticised the country's aviation authorities for their handling of the aftermath of the Air India plane crash that killed 261 people in June.Leaving only one survivor, the flight bound for Gatwick airport from Ahmedabad crashed shortly after taking off, killing 242 passengers on board and 19 others on the ground.The court said it was "irresponsible" for the aviation authority to suggest, through leaks to the media, that pilot error had caused the disaster.It called on Indian prime minister Narendra Modi for the government's response before it rules on a case filed by activists demanding an independent investigation.The court said the way the aviation body released its preliminary report in to the Boeing Dreamliner's...
September 23, 2025

Air India crash aftermath handled 'irresponsibly', says court

Duterte said he cracked down on drug dealers to rid the country of street crimes
ICC charges Rodrigo Duterte with crimes against humanity
THE HAGUE – Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has been charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC).The 80-year-old is accused of being criminally responsible for dozens of murders that allegedly took place as part of his so-called war on drugs, during which thousands of small-time drug dealers, users and others were killed without trial.The ICC's charge sheet, which includes several redactions, dates from July but was only made public on Monday.ICC deputy prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang said Duterte was an "indirect co-perpetrator" in the killings, which the court alleges were carried out by others, including police.The first count laid against Mr Duterte concerns his alleged involvement in the killings of 19 people in Davao City...
September 23, 2025

ICC charges Rodrigo Duterte with crimes against humanity

Ragasa comes as the South East Asian nation reels from weeks of widespread flooding caused by an unusually fierce monsoon
Super typhoon lashes Philippines; Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China on alert
MANILA – The strongest storm of the year so far has descended on the northern Philippines with destructive winds and torrential rain, prompting evacuations of thousands of people and preparations in nearby Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China.Typhoon Ragasa, known in the Philippines as Nando, made landfall over Panuitan Island, in the northern Cagayan province, on Monday, according to the country’s meteorological agency (PAGASA) – after generating sustained winds of over 267 kph (165 mph), the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane.Tens of millions of people could be impacted by the storm, which is expected to pass over parts of the Asian island nation before heading toward the major cities of Hong Kong and Macau, and mainland China’s Guangdong Province.“Local winds may be slightly...
September 22, 2025

Super typhoon lashes Philippines; Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China on alert

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missiles launch during a news programme at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, 30 May, 2024
Kim Jong-un suggests he is open to further nuclear talks with US
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says he still has "fond memories" of his previous meetings with US President Donald Trump suggesting he is open to further talks but urged Washington to drop its demand that the country surrender its nuclear weapons.Speaking to Pyongyang's rubber-stamp parliament on Sunday, Kim stressed that he has no intention of ever resuming dialogue with rival South Korea, a key US ally that helped broker Kim’s previous summits with Trump during the American president's first term, according to a speech published by state media on Monday.Kim suspended virtually all cooperation with the South following the collapse of his second summit with Trump in 2019 over disagreements about US-led sanctions against the North.Tensions on the Korean...
September 22, 2025

Kim Jong-un suggests he is open to further nuclear talks with US

Optus is under fire for its delayed handling of the incident
Anger in Australia after telecom outage linked to deaths
SYDNEY – Australian officials have promised telecommunications giant Optus will face "significant consequences" over a systems outage linked to multiple deaths.The incident last week left hundreds of people across more than half of the country unable to call emergency services for 13 hours.Optus – one of the country's two major providers – says at least three people died as a result, and its chief executive has apologised to their families and the public for the "completely unacceptable" failure.The company is under fire for its delayed handling of the incident – the second such outage for the firm in two years – and the nation's communications regulator is investigating.More than 600 calls to emergency services failed last Thursday, primarily coming...
September 22, 2025

Anger in Australia after telecom outage linked to deaths

Barbie and Peter Reynolds (right) will first fly to Qatar for medical checks, before returning to the UK
British couple freed after months in Taliban prison
KABUL – A British couple who were detained for nearly eight months by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been released.Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbie, 76, who have lived in the country for nearly two decades, were on their way home when they were stopped on 1 February.The couple were freed through Qatari mediation. A Qatari official said they would fly to Qatar for medical checks before travelling on to the UK, despite having a long-term home in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province.The Taliban said the pair had broken Afghan laws and were released after judicial proceedings – but has never disclosed the reason for their detention.Peter and Barbie Reynolds married in Kabul in 1970 and spent the past 18 years running a charitable training programme that had been approved by local...
September 19, 2025

British couple freed after months in Taliban prison

Fentanyl is a synthetic drug manufactured from a combination of chemicals
US revokes visas of Indian executives over alleged fentanyl trafficking
DELHI – The US embassy in India has revoked and denied visas of some Indian business executives and corporate leaders over their alleged involvement in trafficking fentanyl precursors.Fentanyl precursors are chemicals used to produce a synthetic opioid that has been a leading cause of overdose deaths in the US.The embassy said in a statement on Thursday that "these individuals and close family members may be ineligible for travel" to the US. It also said it would subject executives connected with companies known to have trafficked fentanyl precursors to heightened scrutiny if they applied for visas.The embassy did not name those affected, but confirmed they were Indian nationals."The US embassy in New Delhi is committed to fighting illicit drug trafficking," said...
September 19, 2025

US revokes visas of Indian executives over alleged fentanyl trafficking

Gautam Adani is one of Asia's richest men
India regulator rejects US firm's fraud claims against Adani Group
MUMBAI – India's stock market regular has dismissed some allegations of stock manipulation and financial fraud against billionaire Gautam Adani and his group of companies, made by US short-seller Hindenburg Research.The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) began investigating the conglomerate in 2023, after Hindenburg Research published explosive reports, causing the group a loss of more than $100bn in market value in days.On Thursday, Sebi dismissed the allegations against Adani's companies, saying the inquiry did not reveal any violation of regulatory norms."Sebi has reaffirmed what we have always maintained, that the Hindenburg claims were baseless," Adani posted on X.On 24 January 2023, Hindenburg Research, which specialises in "short-selling" –...
September 19, 2025

India regulator rejects US firm's fraud claims against Adani Group

Afghan universities have been told to remove books from the curriculum
Taliban ban books written by women from Afghan universities
KABUL — The Taliban government has removed books written by women from the university teaching system in Afghanistan as part of a new ban.Some 140 books by women — including titles like "Safety in the Chemical Laboratory" — were among 680 books found to be of "concern" due to "anti-Sharia and Taliban policies".The universities were further told they were no longer allowed to teach 18 subjects, with a Taliban official saying they were "in conflict with the principles of Sharia and the system's policy".The decree is the latest in a series of restrictions which the Taliban have brought in since returning to power four years ago.Just this week, fibre-optic internet was banned in at least 10 provinces on the orders of the Taliban's supreme...
September 19, 2025

Taliban ban books written by women from Afghan universities

Dr Webster was a key witness at Patterson's murder trial
Doctor penalized for calling mushroom murderer 'disturbed sociopath'
SYDNEY — An Australian doctor who raised the alarm about Erin Patterson has been sanctioned by the medical regulator over disparaging comments made about the triple murderer.Chris Webster was a key witness in Patterson's trial, at which a jury found her guilty of killing three relatives and attempting to kill another with a deadly mushroom lunch in 2023.After the verdicts, Dr Webster told BBC that Patterson — now serving a life sentence — was a "heinous individual" and called her a "disturbed sociopathic nut-bag" in an interview with the Herald Sun.The Medical Board of Australia found his actions were inappropriate and ordered that the general practitioner undergo ethics, privacy and social media training.An investigation was launched when the Australian...
September 19, 2025

Doctor penalized for calling mushroom murderer 'disturbed sociopath'

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