Merchant vessel caught fire after it was struck by a missile in the Gulf of Aden.
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British-Indian student, who was facing trial in Spain over his in-flight ‘Taliban’ joke, acquitted
The message, sent before Verma departed Gatwick airport, read as quoted by BBC: “On my way to blow up the plane (I’m a member of the Taliban).”
The Red Sea shipping crisis is having a ‘dramatic’ impact: UN trade and development body
Also known as Ansar Allah, Houthi rebels control large parts of Yemen, including the Red Sea coast.
India-Maldives standoff: Opposition parties of island nation express concern about Muizzu stance on “ally”
The open support for India by the two parties — the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and The Democrats — came a day after the Maldives government said that a Chinese ship, equipped to carry research and surveys, would be docking at a Maldivian port.
Japan animation studio attack: Court sentences arsonist to death
During the hearing, presiding judge Masuda Keisuke ruled that the attacker was neither insane nor had diminished capacity.
Africa now ‘global epicentre’ of terrorism, says UN chief Antonio Guterres
“Community by community, terrorist groups are extending their reach,” he said, adding that networks are widening, adding fighters and resources, and making common cause with transnational organized crime.
North Korea test-fires new strategic cruise missile
The North’s Missile General Bureau said the test-fire is a “process of constant updating of the weapon system and a regular and obligatory activity of the agency and its affiliated defence science institutes,” according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) as quoted by Yonhap news agency.
Israel-Palestine crisis: Nine killed in direct hit on UNRWA shelter in Gaza
“The compound is a clearly marked ‘UN facility’ and its coordinates were shared with Israeli authorities, as we do for all our facilities,” he said, adding “once again a blatant disregard of basic rules of war”.
Russian military plane with 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war crashes in Belgorod
“On January 24 this year an Ilyushin-76 transport plane crashed in the Belgorod Region during a scheduled flight at about 11 a.m. Moscow time (8 a.m. GMT). There were 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were being moved to the Belgorod Region for an exchange, and three escorts on board,” TASS news agency quoted Russian Defense Ministry as saying.
Small commuter plane crashes near remote mine in Canada, six dead
According to reports, the flight was on its way from the Diavik diamond mine when the mishap happened close to Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada.
