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Azerbaijan president confirms plane shot down by Russia after Putin apologises for ‘tragic incident’

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 crashed last week, killing 38 people, after accidental shooting from the ground in Russia. A Russian probe is ongoing.

Russian air defences downed the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, sources say

The Embraer passenger jet had flown from Azerbaijan’s capital Baku to Grozny, in Russia’s southern Chechnya region, before veering off hundreds of miles across the Caspian Sea.

Fact Check: Video of IAF plane crash in Rajasthan shared with false claim that it was carrying Assad

IAF had confirmed the incident in September via an X post. The 7-second video is being circulated with the claim that Bashar al-Assad was onboard when it crashed near Homs, Syria.

Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima, 9 others killed in plane crash

The aircraft was ordered to return to the capital but went off radar and there was no contact with it. Chilima was seen as a potential candidate in next year’s presidential polls.

Russian plane carrying 6 disappears in Afghanistan

The plane, a charter ambulance flight travelling from Thailand’s Utapao Airport to Moscow via India and Uzbekistan, was carrying out a private medical evacuation from Thailand.

Wagner chief Prigozhin’s presumed death removes one problem, may create new ones for Putin

Vladimir Putin promised a full investigation, but its outcome is unlikely to shake a widespread belief that Prigozhin was killed as an act of vengeance for staging a mutiny late June.

Villagers near site of Wagner chief Prigozhin plane crash hear bang, then see it plummet to ground

The plane crashed on Wednesday near Russia’s Kuzhenkino on its way from Moscow to St. Petersburg and killed all 10 people on board – seven passengers and three crew members.

Four Colombian children found alive weeks after plane they were on crashed in jungle

The siblings, who belong to an indigenous community, were rescued near the border between Colombia’s Caqueta and Guaviare provinces, close to where the small plane had crashed.

China still seeking answers a year after plane crash killed 132 on board

A final report into the causes of the crash could take two years or more to compile, Chinese officials had said last year.

Indian-origin mother dead, daughter injured in US plane crash; they were learning to fly

Roma Gupta, 63, died on the spot while daughter Reeva, 33, and the 23-year-old flight instructor, were pulled out of the smouldering plane by a civilian.

On Camera

Trump and Hegseth’s speeches at military gathering show America fighting a war within

Donald Trump set the ball rolling even before the meeting began by saying that he would fire any military leader on the spot if he didn’t like them.

More Andhra-style prawn fry for Indian plates? How Naidu’s trying to blunt US tariff hit on aqua exports

Naidu attempts to shield aqua farmers after Trump’s tariff hits the shrimp farming sector in Andhra Pradesh, leading to the cancellation of 50% of the state's exports.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.