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A bomb threat against an Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna on Sunday forced the plane to divert to Bulgaria, according to Bulgarian authorities and the airline. The Austrian Airlines crew decided to make an emergency landing in Sofia after reportedly receiving a bomb threat as they neared Romania, Bulgaria’s transport ministry said in a statement, adding that the passengers were eva...
The air strike, one of Ukraine's largest in the war, comes amid rising tensions between Kyiv and Washington.
A year after thieves stole $100 million worth of crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre Museum, four suspects remain jailed awaiting trial, but the treasures are still missing. The October 19 heist saw thieves disguised as workers steal eight historic items, including jewellery belonging to Empress Eugenie, Napoleon III’s wife.
A young couple in eastern China have gone viral on social media for skipping elaborate wedding traditions and instead holding simple nuptials, spending money only on banquets and cash gifts for their guests. The bride, surnamed Zhu, is from Ningbo in Zhejiang province, while the groom, Wang, is from Taizhou, also in Zhejiang. The couple, both in their early 30s, held wedding celebrations in their ...
Almost a year after a catastrophic fire tore through Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court, 11-year-old Jackey* still remembers the home he lost. “I sometimes think of Wang Fuk Court and the things I left behind there,” the Primary Six pupil said. “I wanted to go back and get them, including the gifts my mum gave me.” Now living with his parents in a transitional housing flat, Jackey turns to the two calm-do...
The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Massachusetts has dropped out of the race hours after he was arrested in a suspected drunk driving crash
Video published by several news outlets shows gunmen firing multiple shots at a car while it is moving past a crowd.
Amid police brutality allegations, Law Enforcement Conduct Commission inquiry hears protesters ‘largely peaceful’Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcastAn inquiry into a Sydney rally against the Israeli president has so far found protesters were “largely peaceful” and there is “limited evidence of physical violence on the part of the protesters”.The Law Enforcement Conduct Comm...
Jordon Steele-John says the timing of the claims motivated by "nasty political games" within the Greens.
While celebrating the Chung Yeung Festival, we are reminded of the harvest, family reunions and the need to pay our respects to those who have departed. Spooky season is upon us, too, and Halloween is about more than just trick-or-treating. It also reminds us of the autumn harvests and those who have recently passed. The victims of the Tai Po fire – the city’s worst disaster in recent memory – are...
Kenyan health authorities say latest patient was likely exposed to the country's first Ebola case.
Of the dozens of countries approached to water down their laws, Australia appears to be the only one considering it, publishers’ group saysGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastAI has already been trained on the works of Australian artists including Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave without compensation, the peak global body for music rights has claimed, as the Australian government...
Somalia’s piracy crackdown leaves coastal fishermen struggling to survive.
Pope Leo has returned to the Vatican after his lung cancer surgery sent shock waves through the Catholic church. Chris Livesay reports on what the pontiff had to say during his Sunday service.
Canada's defense minister said four service members were killed, and dozens of others were wounded, after a wildfire swept through at a military base in Alberta.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called the large fire that broke out at a Canadian military base one of the worst peacetime tragedies for the country's military.
Authorities said masked groups on Saturday set fires and attacked public buildings, including city halls, in several cities.
Authorities said masked groups on Saturday set fires and attacked public buildings, including city halls, in several cities.
Around half a million people took part in marches across France over poor school conditions and high cost of living, but they were overshadowed by what President Emmanuel Macron called "unrestrained violence" by "insurrectionist elements from radical far-left groups, joined by numerous criminals." Aidan Stretch is in Paris with the details.
As President Trump touted "great progress" being made with Russia to end the conflict it started with Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that the U.S. siding with Russia would be a "historic mistake." Taurean Small reports from West Palm Beach, Florida.
Two men tell of the work they say they have been doing to support Ukrainian intelligence during the war.
India has a soaring ambition to modernise its air force, built around a fleet of domestically developed fighter jets. Yet production of these aircraft has been hampered by engine delays and other bottlenecks that defence analysts say could limit its ability to fight future air wars. On October 11 at an airbase in Jodhpur, Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh strapped into a Tejas jet for the last time. It...
US embassies in the Middle East have issued a security alert for Americans as fighting in Yemen continues to ramp up.
US embassies in the Middle East have issued a security alert for Americans as fighting in Yemen continues to ramp up.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks more war before elections.
Crew of Austrian Airlines flight OS82 decides to land in Sofia after receiving bomb threat, Bulgarian authorities say.
Ex-president urges Americans to defend congresswoman, saying ‘there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her’Former US president Barack Obama condemned comments by Donald Trump’s “border czar” that the Republican presidential administration could “of course” strip Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar of her citizenship and deport her.Obama wrote Sunday morning, on X, that “the full weight of th...
Report reveals that a shady mobser-turned-informant may have been involved in helping cover up murderAn in-depth investigation by the New York Times is raising further questions about the high-profile OJ Simpson case, in which the former football player was accused in the 1990s of killing his ex-wife – and whether a shady mobser-turned-informant may have been involved in helping cover up the murde...
