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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — One black box from a crashed Lion Air jet has been recovered, the head of Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee said Thursday, which could be critical to establishing why the brand new plane fell out of the sky. “We found one of the black boxes,” Soerjanto Tjahjono told AFP. “We don’t know yet whether it’s the FDR (flight data recorder) or CVR (cockpit voice recorder).” The devices record information about […]
by Fulya Ozerkan and Daniel Lawler Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and his body was dismembered and destroyed as part of a premeditated plan, Turkey’s chief prosecutor said Wednesday, making details of the murder public for the first time. The revelations came only an hour after Saudi Arabia’s chief prosecutor left Istanbul, and his Turkish counterpart said he […]
Pakistan’s Supreme Court Wednesday overturned the conviction of Asia Bibi, a non-Muslim mother facing execution for blasphemy, in a landmark case which has incited deadly violence. Blasphemy is an incendiary charge in deeply conservative Muslim Pakistan, where even unproven allegations of insulting Islam and its Prophet Mohammed can provoke death at the hands of vigilantes — and the acquittal immediately sparked large protests from hardliners. Bibi appeared to be in state of disbelief after […]
by Olivia HAMPTON Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States called Tuesday for a ceasefire and peace talks in Yemen, as the Saudi-led military coalition sent more than 10,000 new troops toward a vital rebel-held port city ahead of a new assault. Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said the US had been watching the conflict “for long enough,” adding that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which are in a US-backed […]
by Fulya OZERKAN Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Saudi Arabia’s chief prosecutor, who visited on Tuesday the consulate in Istanbul where Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, to investigate who ordered the hit on the journalist. Khashoggi’s death has brought near unprecedented international scrutiny on Saudi Arabia and its powerful Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, and the journalist’s fiancee has accused the regime of a massive cover-up. […]
by Dessy Sagita Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia ordered the inspection of all Boeing 737-MAX airliners on Tuesday as rescue teams recovered more human remains from a brand new Lion Air jet that plunged into the sea with 189 people on board. On a Jakarta dockside, officials took up the grim task of separating human remains from plane debris and recovered personal effects, sending the body parts — including from an […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s top court on Tuesday ordered a Japanese steel giant to pay compensation over forced wartime labour, triggering a new row between the two US allies and a denunciation by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. South Korea and Japan are both democracies faced with an increasingly assertive neighbour China and the long-running threat of nuclear-armed Pyongyang. But their own relationship is soured by bitter disputes over history and territory […]
ADEN, Yemen (AFP) — A Saudi oil tanker carrying the first batch of petroleum products worth $60 million arrived at Yemen’s Aden port Monday, to help power electricity stations and prop up the war-torn country’s sagging economy, officials said. The aid, meant to ease crippling power cuts, marks the latest economic assistance offered by the kingdom as Yemen –- already on the brink of famine — reels from an economic downturn that has left many […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Police arrested Sri Lanka’s petroleum minister Monday, a day after a man was killed when bodyguards opened fire to rescue him from a group loyal to the country’s president, officials said. Arjuna Ranatunga, captain of Sri Lanka’s 1996 cricket World Cup winning side and an ally of ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, was taken in after trade unions accused him of ordering the shooting. Sunday’s shooting was the first […]
Various personal items and wreckage were recovered at the site of the Indonesian Lion Air jet which plunged into the Java Sea minutes after it took off from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. Divers also recovered some of the bodies of the victims as search and rescue operational director feared that all the 189 passengers and crew aboard the plane did not survive the crash Monday morning, October 29. “My prediction is that nobody survived […]
by Harry Pearl Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — All 189 passengers and crew aboard a crashed Indonesian Lion Air jet were “likely” killed in the accident, the search and rescue agency said Monday, as it announced it had found human remains. The Boeing-737 MAX, which went into service just months ago, vanished from radar 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta, plunging into the Java Sea moments after it had asked to […]
by Gokan GUNES Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on Monday due to inaugurate Istanbul’s new international airport, which his government claims will become the world’s largest. The airport, one of a number of mega-projects under Erdogan’s rule, was initially scheduled to fully open on Monday but construction has been marred by delays and a workers’ strike over poor conditions. Erdogan has championed the 10.5 billion euro ($12 […]
