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2 weeks ago | bernama.com | Shakir Husain

Firefighters work to put out a fire at the site where an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane crashed in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave By Shakir Husain NEW DELHI, June 12 (Bernama) -- An Air India flight bound for London and carrying 242 people, including 12 crew members, crashed on Thursday shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport in the western state of Gujarat. The flight AI171 departed at 1.38 pm local time, the airline said.

2 weeks ago | bernama.com | Shakir Husain

By Shakir Husain NEW DELHI, June 12 (Bernama) -- More than 200 bodies have been recovered from the site where an Air India plane bound for London crashed on Thursday afternoon. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was carrying 169 Indian nationals, 53 British, seven Portuguese and one Canadian when it went down in a residential area near Ahmedabad airport in Gujarat state.

2 weeks ago | bernama.com | Shakir Husain

By Shakir Husain NEW DELHI, June 10 (Bernama) -- Malaysia and Pakistan have stressed the need for the global financial crime watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to be free of political agenda. FATF's functioning and bilateral matters featured in the discussion when Malaysian High Commissioner to Pakistan Datuk Azhar Mazlan called on Pakistani Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch in Islamabad recently.

3 weeks ago | bernama.com | Kisho Kumari Sucedaram

Opinions on topical issues from thought leaders, columnists and editors. By :Kisho Kumari Sucedaram Having lived in China for about two months as part of the China International Press Communication Centre (CIPCC) programme, I have witnessed a remarkable trend unfolding – the rapid expansion of China’s visa-free entry policies. Almost every other week brings news of yet another country added to Beijing’s growing list of visa-exempt nations.

3 weeks ago | bernama.com | Kisho Kumari Sucedaram

By Kisho Kumari Sucedaram BEIJING, June 3 (Bernama) -- China has rolled out an ASEAN Visa for the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ASEAN observer Timor-Leste, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The ministry’s spokesperson, Lin Jian, said this new programme offers five-year multiple-entry visas to eligible applicants visiting China for business purposes and their spouses as well as children, granting a maximum stay of 180 days.