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Relatives mourn as they wait for the body of Akash Patni, 14, who died after an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane crashed during take-off from an airport, to arrive at his house for the last rites in Ahmedabad, India, on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
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Families await bodies as US officials survey Air India crash site

Officials from the US National Transportation Safety Board surveyed the site as families continued to wait for DNA results to identify bodies.

Canada

G7 convenes in Canada, hoping to avoid Trump clashes

Aviation accidents

Helicopter crash kills 7 Hindu pilgrims in India’s Uttarakhand

Pakistan

Why India and Pakistan are courting Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers

Need for a united front, business opportunities and China’s growing footprint among factors for changing calculus in South Asia, analysts say.

India Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri holds talks with Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai in January. Photo: X @MEAIndia
Australia

Can Squad fortify Asia-Pacific security amid China’s rise, Trump’s flip-flops?

The coalition of Australia, US, Philippines, and Japan was recognised by the Pentagon chief as the most ‘strategically positioned to manifest deterrence’.

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India orders inspection of Air India Boeing 787s following crash

The aviation regulator ordered Air India to conduct additional checks, including assessments of certain take-off parameters and engine tests.

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Canada

Canada’s Sikhs, outraged by Modi G7 invitation, plan to protest

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney invited Modi, although India is not a G7 member, to attend the summit that starts on Sunday as a guest.

Moninder Singh, spokesperson for BC Gurdwara after a press conference providing an update into the Hardeep Singh Nijjar homicide investigation, on June 18, 2023 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Photo: Reuters
China-EU relations

In human rights talks, EU warns of ‘deterioration’ of basic freedoms in China

Brussels cites ‘interference’ in Dalai Lama succession plan and jailed Uygur and Tibetan activists as examples of erosion of freedoms.

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Pakistan

India on path to weapons self-sufficiency but still lags behind China: experts

Even as India focuses on developing indigenous defence capabilities, experts say it needs to build up its arsenal to prepare for ‘two-front war’.

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Britain

279 bodies found, making Air India crash second worst air disaster this century

The revised toll is calculated from the 241 people on board who are presumed dead and 38 on the ground.

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The tail section of the Air India Boeing 787-8 is pictured in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on Saturday, after the aircraft crashed shortly after taking off on Thursday. Photo: AFP
India-Pakistan tensions

After the ceasefire, leaders of India and Pakistan seek cover under their flags

Leaders of both countries have sought to relay to domestic audiences competing claims of victory in order to reap political benefits.

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A fisherman places India’s national flags on his boat as he prepares for a boat rally to express solidarity with the Indian armed forces at the Kasimedu fishing harbour in Chennai on May 25. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong

Editorial | Glory night for Hong Kong football must be start of something special

Pressure has to be kept up as dramatic victory against India at new Kai Tak Stadium attracts 42,000 ecstatic fans.

Aviation accidents

Is seat 11A the safest on a plane? Not really, experts say

It is not so straightforward because aircraft seat configurations vary and survival often hinges on a complex interplay of factors.

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Air India crash witnesses recount horrific scenes of corpses and dead dogs

One witness said the smoke from the burning plane was so huge that it ‘blocked out the sun’.

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Kalpeshbhai Patni, whose 14-year-old brother was killed when an Air India plane crashed into a neighbourhood, wails outside a hospital in Ahmedabad. Photo: AP
China-India relations

China and India to work to bring back direct flights between two countries

Both sides pledge to boost ‘people-centric engagements’ as they continue to seek to mend relations in wake of deadly 2020 border clash.

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The two sides have a long-running border dispute. Photo: EPA-EFE
Aviation accidents

Video | Sole survivor found in Air India crash

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carried 242 people, including 217 adult passengers, 11 children and 2 infants from India, UK, Portugal, Canada

Thailand

Air India flight makes emergency landing in Thailand after bomb threat

All passengers were escorted from the New Delhi-bound flight AI 379 after it landed back at Phuket airport.

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On Our Radar

Take a magic carpet ride at the Hong Kong Palace Museum

The wonders of imperial carpets and Islamic arts in all their tufted splendour are making their way to Hong Kong.

The Shah Sulayman “hunting” carpet, a gift from the Safavids of Iran to the leader of the Republic of Venice in the late 17th century. Photo: courtesy The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
Apple

Apple is shipping nearly all of its India-made iPhones to the US

From March to May, Foxconn exported iPhones worth US$3.2 billion from India, with an average of 97 per cent shipped to the US.

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Aviation accidents

Only 1 passenger survived Air India crash. This miracle has happened before

A man, who survived a crash in the US, says these events ‘leave a lasting echo in the lives of those who’ve lived through something similar’.

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Will Air India’s crash in Ahmedabad derail its revival plans?

The airline must hold open investigation into the accident to regain customer trust amid efforts to overhaul the company to spur growth, analysts say.

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A person walks past debris at the Air India plane crash site in Ahmedabad on June 12. Photo: Reuters
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What caused Air India crash? Experts focus on flaps, landing gear

Experts suspect take-off misconfiguration or the flaps being raised instead of the landing gear could have led to the deadly accident.

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The wreckage of the tail section of an Air India aircraft that crashed in Ahmedabad, India, on June 12. Photo: Reuters
Boeing

Air India crash is latest test for new Boeing leadership

Shares of US plane manufacturer finished down nearly 5 per cent on Thursday; Boeing CEO offers ‘deepest condolences’ to victims’ loved ones.

India-Pakistan tensions

Crypto, China, critical minerals: inside Pakistan army chief’s US visit

South Asian country’s most powerful figure seeks bilateral reset after armed conflict with India and as US concern rises over its China ties.

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Aviation accidents

How 1 man survived the Air India plane crash that killed 241

‘There were dead bodies around me. I got scared. I got up and ran,’ said UK citizen Ramesh Vishwaskumar, who lost his brother in the crash.

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Local community members stand outside the family home of Ramesh Viswashkumar, a British survivor of the London-bound Air India aircraft crash near Ahmedabad Airport in India, in Leicester, Britain on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
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Air India plane crash makes 2025 deadliest for air travel in years

Crash on track to become worst commercial airline disaster since Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, killing 298.

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Debris lies at the crash site after an Air India aircraft, bound for London’s Gatwick Airport, crashed during take-off from an airport in Ahmedabad, India on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
Pakistan

Pakistan eyes more Chinese weapon systems after ‘clear-cut victory over India’

Islamabad is looking to buy more Chinese warplanes and anti-ballistic missile systems to deter future Indian attacks, analysts say.

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Aviation accidents

Video | Air India plane crashes moments after take off in Ahmedabad

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