Boeing CEO to step down in management shakeup amid safety crisis

Boeing Co BA.NCEO Dave Calhoun will step down by year-end, in a broad management shakeup brought on by the planemaker's sprawling safety crisis stemming from a January mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX plane
25 March 2024

11 Rohingya found dead after Indonesia boat capsize

The bodies of at least 11 Rohingya refugees have been recovered off Indonesia's westernmost coast after their boat believed to be carrying around 150 people capsized last week, officials said today
25 March 2024

Gaza health ministry says war death toll at 32,333

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza today said that at least 32,333 people have been killed in the territory during more than five months of invasion by Israel in Palestine
25 March 2024

Russia casts doubt on Islamic State responsibility for concert attack

Russia today challenged assertions by the United States that the Islamic State militant group orchestrated a gun attack on a concert hall outside Moscow that killed 137 people and injured 182 more, accusing Washington of covering for Ukraine
25 March 2024

13 killed in Philippine road crash

At least 13 people were killed in the southern Philippines on Monday after a collision between a dump truck loaded with sand and a passenger van, local authorities said
25 March 2024

A four-day work week? US weighs the pros and cons

The country that gave the world the concept of a weekend is now hesitatingly auditioning a proposal for a four-day work week
25 March 2024

Five Rohingya found dead after Indonesia boat capsize: UN

The bodies of at least five Rohingya refugees have been recovered off Indonesia's westernmost coast after their boat believed to be carrying around 150 people capsized last week, United Nations officials said Monday
25 March 2024

Trump faces double legal dramas in New York

Donald Trump faces twin legal crises on Monday in New York, where he could see the possible seizure of his storied properties over a massive fine as he separately fights to delay a criminal trial even further
25 March 2024

Four Moscow attack suspects charged with terrorism

Four men accused of involvement in the Moscow concert hall attack that killed at least 137 people were charged with terrorism Sunday and ordered to be detained pending trial
25 March 2024

Kangana, ex-Calcutta HC judge get BJP ticket

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut and former Calcutta High Court justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who resigned from the judiciary and joined politics, were today named Bharatiya Janata Party candidates for coming Lok Sabha elections
24 March 2024

150 families risk their lives to feed each other

Sameh Makki’s soup kitchen is barely 100 metres from the market, but it can take two hours to make the journey through Sudan’s war-torn streets, often through hails of bullets.
24 March 2024

Two Russian ships hit in Crimea strikes: Kyiv

The Ukrainian military said it hit two large Russian landing ships in attacks on the annexed Crimean peninsula early yesterday, as well as a communications centre and other infrastructure used by the Russian navy in the Black Sea.
24 March 2024

Russian accounts of Moscow attack a ‘smokescreen’: UK

British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt yesterday said that the UK had “very little confidence” in Russia’s statements on the Moscow concert hall attack, accusing it of trying to “defend” it’s assault on Ukraine.
24 March 2024

Israel besieges 2 more Gaza hospitals

Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals yesterday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire and forcing the evacuation from one hospital of most patients and displaced people sheltering there, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.
24 March 2024

3 soldiers hurt by China water cannon

Three Philippine troops were injured in the latest China Coast Guard water cannon attack on a Filipino supply vessel near a South China Sea reef, Manila’s national security adviser said yesterday.
24 March 2024

Gunmen attack police station in Armenian capital

Three armed men yesterday tried to attack a police station in the Nor-Nork district of Yerevan, the Armenian capital, Armenia’s interior ministry said. According to preliminary information, two of the three men had been wounded as result of hand grenades they were carrying detonating, it said.
24 March 2024

Big gaps exist with Israel in truce talks: Hamas

Deep differences exist between Hamas and Israel in negotiations for a Gaza truce, an official from the Palestinian group with knowledge of the talks said.
24 March 2024

China-owned tanker hit by Houthi missile

A Chinese-owned oil tanker was attacked off Yemen Saturday by ballistic missiles fired by Houthi rebels, who have intensified strikes on Red Sea shipping, the US military said.
24 March 2024

Moscow terror attack: IS releases new videos as Russia blames Ukraine

Islamic State yesterday released new videos of the attack on the Crocus City concert hall outside Moscow that left 137 people dead, doubling down on its claim that it masterminded the attack even as Russia has sought to place the blame on Ukraine.
24 March 2024

Brazil storms kill at least 20

Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock yesterday to help isolated people in Brazil’s mountainous southeast after storms and heavy rains killed at least 20 people.
24 March 2024