Category: International

All 67 people killed in US plane crash

Kathmandu. A military helicopter and a passenger plane collided in mid-air, killing all 67 people on board, officials said....

Two NASA astronauts conduct first-ever spacewalk together

Agency. Two NASA astronauts stranded at the International Space Station left the station for their first spacewalk together on...

Dubai Airport served 92.3 million passengers in a year, becoming the world’s busiest airport

Agency. Dubai International Airport handled 92.3 million passengers last year. Dubai Airport, which handled 89.1 million passengers in 2018,...

Syria’s military administration appoints al-Shara as interim president, disbands armed factions

Agency. Syria’s military operations administration has announced the appointment of Ahmed al-Shara as president during the transitional period. Al-Shara...

More than 500,000 displaced Palestinians return to northern Gaza

Agency. The Hamas-run media office said that more than 500,000 displaced Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza in the...

US air traffic controller said before crash: ‘I only saw a fireball’

  Kathmandu. Audio of the fatal crash, in which controllers warned a US military helicopter that it was on...

Federal Reserve rejects Trump’s interest rate hike plan, ‘immediately decides to keep rates steady’

Kathmandu. The US Federal Reserve has decided to keep interest rates steady after three consecutive interest rate cuts. The...

US military helicopter and plane collide in Washington, 18 bodies found

Kathmandu. An American Airlines plane has crashed near Washington, DC, in the United States after colliding with a US...

More than 81,000 Syrians return home: Turkey

Agency. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said that 81,576 Syrians have voluntarily returned to their homeland since December 9...

What is the $5.6 million Chinese ‘dipsick’ that is shaking America?

Kathmandu. US export controls on high-tech chips have inadvertently boosted the success of startup DeepSik’s AI chatbot. It has...