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The Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta has auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize medal for $103.5m (£84m). Dmitry Muratov said all the money from the sale would go to help refugees from the war in Ukraine. Mu..
Oneworld Governing Board announced that Oman Air will join the alliance membership. The announcement came on the sidelines of World Air Transport Summit (WATS) which followed IATA's Annual General Meeting. Qatar Airways will act...
Japan Coast Guard officials said that two Chinese government ships have entered Japan's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The officials said the ships entered waters off Uotsuri Island on Tuesday morning. They ..
A floating restaurant that was a famous Hong Kong landmark has sunk, days after it was towed away from the harbour where it operated for nearly 50 years. The Jumbo restaurant capsized in the South China Sea while on its way to an undisclosed locat..
A 15-year-old boy has died and three adults, including a police officer, were injured in a shooting in Washington, D.C., Sunday night, officials said. Local police said that the shooting took place last night during an unpermitted event, killing a..
The leftist Gustavo Petro was elected new president of Colombia after winning the second and decisive round of the country's presidential elections. He won 50.4 percent of the vote, while his rival Rodolfo Hernandez, a construction magnate, ha..
French President Emmanuel Macron's alliance has lost its parliamentary majority. Provisional results showed that Macron's Ensemble (Together) alliance won 245 of the 577 seats in the National Assembly, the Ministry of the In...
Saudi Arabia's Public Prosecution has warned anyone against stealing the belongings of air passengers or the property of aircraft. The Public Prosecution said, according to Article 154 of the Civil Aviation Law in Saudi Arabia, anyone who atte..
Enrolment under India's new armed services recruitment plan will commence this month, top defence officials said on Sunday, despite protests against a scheme that will drastically cut tenure and offer fewer service benefits at the end of contract..