Iraq wants a quick and orderly negotiated exit of US-led military forces from its soil but has not set a deadline, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said, describing their presence as destabilising amid regional spillover from the Gaza war. Longstanding calls by mostly Shi’ite Muslim factions, many close to Iran, for the US-led coalition’s departure...
Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun took responsibility for a near-catastrophic Alaska Airlines incident Tuesday, vowing “complete transparency” as the aviation giant tries to pivot from its latest crisis. “We’re going to approach this number one acknowledging our mistake,” Dave Calhoun told employees at a safety meeting called after Friday’s emergency landing, which came after one...
Amid the row between India and the Maldives – triggered last week after three ministers’ comments about Prime Minister Narendra Modi – a prominent Maldivian tourism body has called on India-based travel aggregator EaseMyTrip to re-open flight bookings, via its platform, to the island nation. The Maldives Association of Tour and Travel Operators, or MATATO, on Tuesday called on EaseMyTrip to...
Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu on Tuesday appealed to China to “intensify” efforts to send more tourists to his country, amid a spate of cancellation of reservations by Indian tourists after a diplomatic row erupted over the derogatory remarks by his ministers against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On the second day of his five-day state visit...
British Defense Minister Grant Shapps mocked Russian President Vladimir Putin in a social media post, saying had to beg North Korea to supply them with weapons for the Ukraine war. Notably, Mr Shapps’ comments come after a US report claimed Russia used ballistic missiles and missile launchers sourced from North Korea in recent attacks on Ukraine “The world...
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resigned Monday following recent political turmoil over a new immigration law, paving the way for President Emmanuel Macron to seek fresh momentum by appointing a new government in coming days. The shakeup was widely seen as an attempt by the 46-year-old centrist Mr. Macron to head off a looming lame-duck...
Elon Musk’s drug use has worried executives and board members at businesses he runs, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the billionaire and the companies. Musk has used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, often at private parties, the Journal said, citing unnamed witnesses and others with knowledge of the matter....
Bangladesh Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina has been re-elected for the fifth term, with her party winning more than 50 per cent in an election marred with violence and boycott from the main opposition BNP. Around 170 million Bangladeshis voted today to elect 299 lawmakers even as the Opposition boycotted the polls....
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX faced an emergency today after one of its doors blew open mid-air, minutes after take-off. Videos taken by passengers show the mid-cabin exit door had completely separated from the aircraft. “AS1282 from Portland to Ontario, CA (California) experienced an incident this evening soon after departure. The aircraft landed safely...
The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a ruling by Colorado’s highest court that would keep him off the presidential primary ballot in the western state. The conservative-majority Supreme Court, which includes three justices appointed by the former president, said it would hear oral arguments in the high-stakes election...