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This frame grab from a video by @ashlovetea on June 12, 2025 made available on the Eurovision Social Newswire (ESN) platform via AFPTV shows a plume of smoke rising after Air India flight 171 crashed near the airport in Ahmedabad. --AFP

Air India plane with 242 on board crashes at India's Ahmedabad airport

NEW DELHI: An Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, the airline and police said, without specifying whether there were any fatalities. The ...

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists demanding justice for those injured during the 2024 mass uprising in Bangladesh, march through the streets of Dhaka on May 28, 2025. – AFP

Protests paralyze Bangladesh daily life

DHAKA: Protests have become part of daily life in Bangladesh’s capital, with residents either taking part as political parties jostle for power after an uprising last year—or avoiding them. The South Asian nation of around 170 million people has...

BENGALURU: A full-scale model of India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) aircraft is displayed during the 15th edition of Aero India 2025 at Yelahanka Air Force Station. India’s defense minister approved on May 27, a program to develop a prototype advanced fighter jet, the latest push to develop local arms production, and days after a conflict with arch-rival Pakistan. – AFP

India to develop advanced fighter jet prototype

MUMBAI: A man pushes his bike through a flooded street after heavy rain showers in Mumbai on May 26, 2025. — AFP

India's monsoon lashes Mumbai as rains arrive early

MUMBAI: Lashing rains swamped India's financial capital Mumbai on Monday as the annual monsoon arrived some two weeks earlier than usual, according to weather forecasters. Heavy rains cooling temperatures — welcomed by farmers for their crops...

A Liberian-flagged container ship is seen after it sunk off India's southern coast of Kerala. — AFP

India races to contain oil spill after ship sinks

BENGALURU: India's coastguard raced on Monday to contain an oil spill from a container ship with hazardous cargo that sank off the southern coast a day earlier, Kerala's state government said. The Liberian-flagged MSC ELSA 3, listed as a 1...

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TEHRAN: A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while gathering with others during a rally in solidarity with the government against Zionist's attacks on Iran and to mark Eid al-Ghadir. – AFP

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PHUKET: In this handout photo taken from the Facebook account, Air India flight AI 379 makes an emergency landing at Phuket International Airport in Phuket on June 13, 2025. An Air India flight from Thailand’s Phuket Island to New Delhi made an emergency landing on June 13 shortly after takeoff because of an on-board bomb threat, the Thai airports authority said. – AFP

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KUWAIT: Minister Khalifa Al-Ajeel chairs a meeting of the Emergency Committee at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Saturday. — KUNA

Kuwait confirms local market stability amid regional tensions