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This representational picture shows a shark underwater. — Unsplash/File A tourist was killed and another was injured in a shark attack in Egypt’s Marsa Alam resort, the environment ministry said in a statement on Sunday without giving the nationalities of those involved. There are sharks in the Red Sea but encounters with them are relatively rare. The ministry said the …

A drone view shows emergency specialists working at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024. — Reuters Speculation swirls that Russia accidentally shot down Azerbaijani plane. Putin apologises but stops short of accepting that plane hit by Russia.  Aliyev says civilian plane damaged from outside over Russian territory.  Azerbaijan’s …

Finnish police on Saturday moved a ship held over suspicions it sabotaged an undersea power cable between Fin­land and Estonia to help with their investigations. Since Thursday, Finnish authorities have been investigating the Eagle S tanker, which Helsinki suspects of having Russian connections, as part of a probe into the “aggravated sabotage” of the Estlink 2 submarine cable in the …

Firefighters carry out extinguishing operations on an aircraft which drove off runway at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, December 29, 2024. — Reuters Plane left “almost completely destroyed” due to crash.  Fire agency says 65 of 179 dead have been identified.  Plane crashed with 183 onboard including six crew. SEOUL: As many as 179 people have …

Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) display flags with a portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, in Istanbul, Turkiye, March 17, 2024. — Reuters  ANKARA: The jailed leader of Turkiye’s outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, has been quoted as saying he may be prepared to call for militants to …

A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving all but two feared dead. A bird strike and adverse weather conditions were cited by authorities as likely causes of the crash that flung passengers out of the plane and left it “almost completely destroyed”, …

An Afghan amateur rubab player Gull Agha displays the rubab instrument at a shop in Herat, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2024. — AFP Wood shavings littered the floor of Sakhi’s cramped workshop in the Afghan city of Herat as another rubab, the national musical instrument of his homeland, took shape under his deft hands. Sakhi has crafted two rubabs a …

Firefighters carry out extinguishing operations on an aircraft which drove off runway at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Jeolla Province, South Korea on December 29, 2024. — Reuters Aircraft was carrying 175 passengers and six crew.  Pilot issued “Mayday” call two minutes before crash. Runway’s length unlikely to be behind accident: official. MUAN: A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 …

Pakistan-origin prominent legal expert in Texas Salman Bhojani. — Attorney At Law magazine/File The steady rise of Salman Bhojani is one of the best examples of what people in the United States call the American dream. Salman Bhojani is the first South Asian and the first Muslim American voted into the Texan House of Representatives. And from January 2025, he …

President-elect Donald Trump. — AFP/File WASHINGTON: Aligning with billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk in a contentious debate, President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday expressed his support for the H-1B visa programme, that allows the entry of highly skilled foreign workers into the United States.  “I’ve always liked the (H1-B) visas, I have always been in favour of the visas, that’s why …