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    Flight AI171 crashed in a crowded area including a hospital complex. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

    ‘It all happened so quickly’: how the Air India plane crash unfolded

    Witnesses at a hospital near the impact site described parts of the plane landing on a canteen building as 200 people ate inside

    By Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Jason Burke

    Latest Asia

    British passenger in seat 11A survives India plane crash, reports say

    Hindustan Times / British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh

    Footage shows aftermath at Air India flight 171 crash site – video

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    Boeing India Crash Likely Killed All 242 Aboard, Authorities Say

    Plane crashed shortly after takeoff on flight bound for London; many injured at site

    Reuters

    Boeing 787 Jet Bound for London Crashes in India With 242 on Board

    The Air India flight crashed in a residential area of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff.

    Rescue workers at the site of the Air India plane crash near the airport in Ahmedabad, India. Photo: Sam PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images

    How political chaos helped forge South Korea's presidential frontrunner

    A political implosion turned controversial politician Lee Jae-myung into a presidential favourite.

    Getty Images Lee Jae–myung has emerged from South Korea's recent political crisis as a frontrunner to be the next president

    South Korea is voting for a new president after six months of political chaos. Here’s what to know

    South Korean presidential candidates Lee Jae-myung and Kim Moon-soo. Getty Images

    Hegseth urges Asia to boost defence against China's 'imminent' threat to Taiwan

    Getty Images / The US defense secretary warned that China poses a real threat to Taiwan

    Kim Jong-un furious as North Korea warship partly ‘crushed’ in launch gone wrong

    Kim Jong Un speaks during a launch ceremony of a new naval destroyer in April in North Korea. Photograph: AP

    Trump says 'total reset negotiated' with China during tariff talks in Geneva

    President says 'great progress' was made with Beijing amid tariff battle

    Members of the Chinese delegation leave the site where trade talks between Chinese and U.S. delegations took place in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday. (Reuters/Denis Balibouse)

    Pakistan, India agree to immediate ceasefire following weeks of deadly clashes

    Tensions soared after last month's attack at tourist site in India-controlled Kashmir

    India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri tells a media briefing in New Delhi on Saturday that the heads of military operations from India and Pakistan spoke in the afternoon. (Karma Bhutia/The Associated Press)

    Pakistan shuts airspace to Indian airlines and suspends trade

    The move comes after New Delhi halted a water-sharing treaty following a deadly terrorist attack 

    FILE PHOTO. © Mark Metcalfe-ICC / ICC via Getty Images

    ‘FORCEFUL’ RETALIATION: China punches back as yuan hits 17-year low

    After plenty of mud-slinging, China has announced a massive manoeuvre to hit back at Donald Trump after its currency dipped dramatically.

    President Donald Trump speaks at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dinner. Picture: Pool via AP

    China is not backing down from Trump's tariff war. What next?

    Getty Images / Xi Jinping has shown no signs that he will blink first in the tariff standoff with the US

    Jubilation in South Korea After President Who Declared Martial Law Is Ousted

    The nation’s top court upheld the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, clearing the way for the election of a new president. Demonstrators erupted in cheers.

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    Jon Michael Park for The New York Times

    South Korean court to rule on Yoon impeachment over martial law scandal

    South Korea's Constitutional Court will make its long-awaited verdict on the fate of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, as the embattled nation seeks closure following months of political turmoil in the aftermath Yoon's failed martial law bid last December.

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    Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol greets his supporters as he comes out of a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea, on March 8, 2025. © AP

    Myanmar earthquake death toll climbs to over 2,700, local media reports

    Another 4,521 people were injured, Gen. Min Aung Hlaing reportedly said.

    Myanmar earthquake death toll climbs to over 2,700, local media reports
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