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KEY POINTS: • 49 confirmed dead in ‘terrorist’ shootings at two Christchurch mosques • Seven died at Linwood, 41 at mosque near Hagley Park • Four people initially arrested, including one woman • Man, 28 due in court tomorrow charged with murder • One of the gunmen livestreamed shooting at Al Noor Mosque in chilling […]

Since Thursday, March 7th, day one of the blackout, the plant that provides electricity for the emergency wing at JM de los Ríos Children’s Hospital in Caracas has presented failures. Since then, there have been no new admissions. The hospital is offering limited treatment for 72 children only, the lowest rate in the hospital’s history. […]

France’s BEA air accident investigation agency will handle the black boxes from Ethiopia [File: Alain Jocard/AFP] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The black boxes from the Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed on Sunday in Ethiopia have been sent to France for analysis, Ethiopian Airlines said on Thursday. Addis Ababa said on Wednesday it was sending the Flight Data […]

China, Ethiopia and Indonesia have grounded all Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft while a number of airlines across the world are carrying out safety measures on the jets following the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday that killed all 157 people on board. On Monday, China ordered its domestic airlines to suspend the commercial operation of nearly 100 of the jets […]

    Alexei Nikolsкy / TASS President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russian women on International Women’s Day in a video message posted on the Kremlin’s website on Friday. Women’s Day is a national holiday in Russia and one of the most important public holidays inherited from the Soviet period. “You manage everything at work and at home, whilst staying beautiful, bright, […]

Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302 crashed Sunday morning shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, the airline said. The plane likely had 149 passengers and eight crew members on board, the airline said, but said it was still confirming details. “At this time search and rescue operations are in progress and we have no confirmed information […]

IAEA continuing to monitor activities around North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre The agency has been largely monitoring North Korea’s nuclear activities through satellite imagery Kim Jong-un last year said he was willing to take measures towards his countryʼs denuclearisation VIENNA, Austria – IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said Tuesday that the agency was […]

While Turkey continues diplomatic negotiations with the U.S. over a safe zone, Ankara has ensured all military preparations are made for a possible operation to clear YPG terrorists from its borders. The U.S. may keep a number of troops behind in Syria as uncertainty lingers over a clear withdrawal plan in Washington. For Turkey, however, […]

Ilhan Omar is seen in the audience before US President Donald Trump”s State of the Union address at the US Capitol [File: Mandel Ngan/AFP] Resolution condemns anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim bias, bigotry against minorities ‘as hateful expressions of intolerance’. The House of Representatives in the United States on Thursday voted to condemn anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim discrimination and other bigotry against minorities, with […]

The families of ISIL fighters are believed to be among the latest civilians to flee [Bulent Kilic/AFP]  US-backed Kurdish-led forces in northeastern Syria captured 400 ISIL fighters who were trying to escape the armed group’s last enclave in eastern Syria. A senior commander for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) also said on Wednesday that hundreds more Islamic […]