Mikheil Kavelashvili has been sworn in as Georgian president in a ceremony in Parliament in the capital Tbilisi, amid weeks of protests and the refusal of his pro-Western predecessor to…
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S Korea: At least 176 killed as plane crashes on landing at Muan airport
At least 176 people have been killed when a passenger plane caught fire after skidding off a runway and crashing at an airport in South Korea’s Muan city, the country’s…
UK: Flights face further disruption due to fog
Disruption is continuing at several UK airports, including Gatwick, due to heavy fog. Dozens of flights at Heathrow and Gatwick have been cancelled or delayed on Saturday, after multiple flights…
Russia: Putin apologises for plane crash, without saying Russia at fault
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan for the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace, in which 38 people were killed – but…
Georgia: Pro-Western president refuses to leave and prepares for showdown
Salome Zourabichvili’s family fled Georgia in 1921 after Soviet forces snuffed out the country’s three-year experiment with independence from Russia. A century later, Georgia’s pro-Western president is refusing to leave…
Georgia: Thousands protest in ahead of political showdown
Thousands of Georgian protesters have formed a human chain in the capital, Tbilisi, ahead of a political showdown as the new president prepares to be sworn in. The inauguration of…
Syria: More than 30,000 returned home since al-Assad’s fall- Turkiye
Nearly 31,000 Syrians have returned home since the fall of strongman Bashar al-Assad, according to the interior minister of neighbouring Turkiye, which shelters some 3 million Syrian refugees. Meanwhile, inside the…
Afghanistan: Taliban hit ‘several points’ in Pakistan in retaliation for attacks
Afghan Taliban forces targeted “several points” in neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense has said, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardments inside the country. The statement from the defence ministry…
Palestine: Israel detains director of key north Gaza hospital as WHO condemns raids
Israel’s army has detained the director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, as the World Health Organization said Israeli assaults on medical facilities are a “death sentence”…
UK: Living conditions ‘horrendous’ for some renters
A scheme to try and improve rented homes and help with problem landlords has found more than 2,000 faults in properties since it launched. The city council in Peterborough set…