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French air traffic controller strike hits 450,000 travellers
PARIS: Roughly 1,000 flights were canceled in Europe on Tuesday because of the strike, according to industry association Airlines for Europe.
The cancellations affected an...
At least 50 killed, over 200 injured in Las Vegas shooting
LAS VEGAS: A gunman killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200 at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip...
Monarch flight cancelled, airline goes into administration
LONDON: The UK's biggest peacetime repatriation operation has been launched to bring home 110,000 holidaymakers after Monarch Airlines was placed into administration, reports The...
Chaos at airports globally due to check-in systems crash
LONDON: Air passengers faced problems at airports across the world computer check-in systems crashed due to a “network issue”.
Passengers endured long waits at check-in...
Rescuers dig through collapsed buildings in Mexico, toll 149
MEXICO CITY: Rescue crews and ordinary citizens searched through rubble for survivors as night fell on Tuesday on battered cities in central Mexico, including...
7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Mexico, at least 62 dead
MEXICO CITY: At least 42 people are dead after a 7.1 magnitude hit central Mexico Tuesday afternoon on the 32nd anniversary of the biggest...
Hurricane Maria headed for Puerto Rico after hitting Dominica
After hitting the Caribbean nation of Dominica last night, the Category 5 Hurricane Maria is now headed toward Puerto Rico and the US and...
Crude bomb explodes on London tube, 22 hurt
LONDON: A home-made bomb exploded on a packed rush-hour commuter train in London injuring 22 people on Friday, police said, in what was being...
Louvre Abu Dhabi to open its doors in November
ABU DHABI: The Louvre Abu Dhabi will finally open its doors to the public in November, bringing to the Gulf Mesopotamian artefacts and post-impressionist...
Hurricane Irma hits Leeward Islands, Florida in sight
Hurricane Irma, the strongest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic outside of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, is bearing down on the...