FAA says Boeing fuel switches are safe following fatal Air India crash Financial Times Victims’ families demand answers as report says fuel switches cut off before Air India crash BBC Amid Air India probe, US FAA, Boeing notify fuel switch locks are safe, document, sources say Reuters AAIB preliminary report: Air India pilots’ association lashes out at ‘insinuation … Read more
Fortunately for the 18-person crew, the jets below belonged to allies, not adversaries, and were also patrolling the skies for threats to the NATO summit being held in The Hague on Tuesday and Wednesday. “This almost never happens,” said Lt. Col. Cédric who, like others quoted in this piece, was not authorized by the French … Read more
Palestinian stories of survival during Israel’s war on Gaza. A doctor, first responder, social media content creator and a child share their experiences of the war on Gaza. From October 2023, they survive under Israeli bombardment, revealing moments of strength and vulnerability. They are all displaced because their homes have been destroyed by Israeli air … Read more
A 14-year-old American boy who walked away from the Caribbean Princess cruise ship after its scheduled stop at a German port more than three days ago has been found safe, his grandmother said Saturday. Aydin Brown had been on the cruise with his grandmother, but left the ship after it docked at Rostock-Warnemünde on Thursday … Read more
The Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza says the death toll from an overnight Israeli attack on the tents of displaced Palestinians in Rafah has risen to 45 as the attack sparks condemnation across the Arab and Western world. In scenes grimly familiar from a war in its eighth month, Palestinian families on Monday rushed to … Read more
In a town plagued by rape and murder, a community worker is determined to help vulnerable young women. In Bredasdorp, South Africa, a series of rapes and murders has shaken the small town of 15,000 people. The Black and mixed-race community in the divided town suffers from endemic poverty, family breakdown and drug addiction. Lana … Read more
The United Nations warns it could take 14 years to clear the rubble and unexploded bombs in Gaza. Unprecedented levels of destruction. That is how the United Nations describes the state of Gaza since Israel’s war began in October. No buildings have been spared from the Israeli attacks. Homes, schools, mosques, and hospitals have been … Read more
Rights groups criticise Israeli move to displace Palestinians to a tiny and barren area. Another wave of Palestinians were forced from their homes in Gaza. This time, to a small slice of land in the south designated by Israel as a “safe zone”. But conditions in al-Mawasi are bleak, and for those living in its … Read more
Israel’s relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip has hit areas it had told Palestinians to evacuate to in the territory’s south. The strikes came a day after the United States vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, despite its wide support. Gaza residents “are being told to move like human … Read more
More women and children among the dead than men in Gaza, according to Palestinian health ministry. At least 20 Palestinian journalists have been killed since Israel’s bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip began on October 7, and the family of an Al Jazeera correspondent was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli air raid. The majority … Read more