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Updates: One man survives Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that kills 241 | Aviation News | Al Jazeera

2 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Virginia Pietromarchi |Jillian Kestler-D'Amours |Nils Adler

These were the updates on the deadly crash of Flight 171, bound for Gatwick airport in the United Kingdom.
Air India Flight 171 crashes in Ahmedabad, at least 204 killed

2 weeks ago | winnmediaskn.com | Virginia Pietromarchi |Jillian Kestler-D’Amours

By Local police chief in Ahmedabad says 204 bodies have been recovered from the site of the crash of Air India Flight 171. The flight crashed shortly after takeoff from the Indian city, carrying at least 242 people. The airline said in a statement that the plane carried 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, one Canadian and seven Portuguese.
Israeli soldiers kill 13, wound 200 in Gaza in latest aid seeker attack

2 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Maziar Motamedi |Virginia Pietromarchi

The Gaza Health Ministry says at least 57 aid seekers have been killed by Israeli soldiers since yesterday morning. Sources at al-Awda Hospital, central Gaza, say Israeli soldiers again opened fire on aid seekers near an aid point this morning, killing at least 13 people and wounding about 200. At least 57 aid seekers were killed yesterday, the Health Ministry says.
Israel kills 5 seeking aid near Rafah in latest distribution point violence

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Virginia Pietromarchi |Usaid Siddiqui

By Virginia Pietromarchi,Usaid Siddiqui The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has closed and reopened its aid points several times in recent days. Israeli forces have killed at least five Palestinians this morning who were waiting near an aid point in al-Akhawah, near Rafah in south Gaza. The latest killing of aid seekers comes despite the inconsistent opening of US- and Israel-backed aid points, which the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said yesterday would shut down again.
US blocks UN Gaza ceasefire resolution as Israel pounds southern Strip

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Federica Marsi |Virginia Pietromarchi

By Federica Marsi,Virginia Pietromarchi Israel's latest attack on a home in Gaza City's Zeitoun kills at least three people, including a child. Israel has continued to pound the Gaza Strip this morning, killing at least three people in Gaza City's Zeitoun and six in al-Mawasi, in south Gaza. The US vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the only country to do so.
Updates: Israel begins ‘preparations’ for new Gaza offensive as 115 killed

1 month ago | defenddemocracy.press | Umut Uras |Virginia Pietromarchi |Urooba Jamal |Jillian Kestler-D’Amours

By Umut Uras, Virginia Pietromarchi, Urooba Jamal and Jillian Kestler-D’AmoursMay 16, 2025Israeli air strikes have killed at least 115 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn today, with the military saying the attacks are the initial stages of its new expanded offensive. Health authorities say at least one person was killed and nine others were injured in Israeli strikes on the ports of Hodeidah and as-Salif in Houthi-controlled territory.
Israeli attacks kill more than 100 as Gaza death toll crosses 53,000

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Umut Uras |Virginia Pietromarchi

By Umut Uras,Virginia Pietromarchi Israel intensifies its bombardment of enclave as threatened, as curtain comes down on Trump's Middle East tour. Israeli air strikes have killed more than 100 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn today. Dozens are missing under the rubble of destroyed buildings.
'Leone!' Vatican crowds hail Leo XIV as new pope of the Catholic Church

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Virginia Pietromarchi

Vatican City - It felt like the square could talk in one voice: "Leone! Leone! Leone!"Thousands of people in St Peter's Square chanted in chorus the name adopted by Robert Prevost as he ascended to the papacy on Thursday: Leo XIV. Recommended Stories Just an hour and a half earlier, white smoke had billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, announcing that a conclave of cardinals had elected a new leader for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. Now, it was time to meet Pope Leo himself.
Rome's tailors abuzz over prospect of new pope

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Virginia Pietromarchi

As Rome's tailors stitch new garments for clergymen, observers say what a pope wears could provide hints about his vision. Rome, Italy - For the princes of the Catholic Church, as cardinals are referred to, the conclave is not just about electing a pope. It is also about restocking wardrobes. In recent days, many have swung by central Rome's famed tailors before the conclave to browse and buy refined clerical vestments that are hard to find elsewhere.
Catholic cardinals meet to elect next pope

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Virginia Pietromarchi

Vatican City - For days, the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have been slipping beyond the Vatican's walls, gathering for discreet dinners at old trattorias and secretive sessions at private living rooms across Rome. Tasked with electing the new leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, the red-hatted princes of the Church have been engaged in feverish discussions as they seek to identify the ideal successor to Pope Francis, who died last month.