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Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan leaving 38 dead

The flight radar website showed aircraft Embraer 190 with 67 people on board including five crew members flying away from its normal route, crossing the Caspian Sea and then circling over the area where it eventually crashed near Aktau, according to Kazakhstan Emergency Ministry.

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Dhaka sends formal request to New Delhi for ousted PM Sheikh Hasina's extradition

Bangladesh's interim government wants Hasina, who fled to India on Aug 5 following mass protests against her regime, to face trial for mass killings during the student-led rallies.

Trump emphasized his belief in a binary understanding of gender, declaring, ’God created two genders: male and female,’ and vowed to defeat what he referred to as the ’toxic poison of gender ideology.’ (Image source: GettyImages/AFP)

Donald Trump vows immediate ban on transgender rights upon taking office

Reiterating that there are only two genders, Trump said he will put an end to "transgender lunacy" on day one of his presidency. He further pledged to reform women's sports, target drug cartels as terror outfits and restore US control over key international interests.

Indian-American entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan joins Trump’s team as senior AI advisor

US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Indian-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan as Senior White House Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence, focusing on US leadership in AI and shaping government policy.

While the world revels in the joy of X'mas, Magdeburg silently bows in mourning

New information coming through from Germany has revealed that more than 200 people were injured in the Christmas market attack—a Saudi man deliberately drove his BMW into a crowd of shoppers on Dec 20—and the death toll, which now stands at five, is bound to go up.

Saudi man drives BMW into crowded Christmas market in Germany, killing 2 and injuring over 60

Police have arrested the suspect identified as Taleb A, a doctor by profession, who allegedly drove some 400 meters through the revelling crowd in Magdeburg, leaving behind a bloody carnage.

US House passes bill

US House passes emergency bill to avert govt shutdown, Senate nod awaited

The revised bill excludes President-elect Donald Trump's controversial proposal to abolish the debt ceiling, which would have helped the incoming president enact his agenda. The demand, rejected by his own party members, failed to garner support in the House.