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Heathrow defends its response as questions grow about why a fire shut the airport for so long
LONDON (AP) — Heathrow bosses on Monday defended their response to a fire that shut down Europe’s busiest air hub for almost a day, after Britain's energy system operator suggested the airport had enough electricity from other sources to keep running.More than 1,300 flights were canceled on Friday after a fire knocked out one of the three electrical substations that supply Heathrow with power. More than 200,000 passengers had journeys disrupted, and industry experts say the chaos will cost airlines tens of millions of dollars.
The airport reopened after about 18... Read More
Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill scores in Gaza as Egypt offers new ceasefire proposal
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed more than 60 Palestinians, including women and children, the Gaza Health Ministry said Monday, nearly a week after Israel ended its ceasefire with Hamas with a surprise bombardment.Meanwhile, officials say Egypt has introduced a new proposal to try and get the Israel-Hamas ceasefire back on track.
Hamas would release five living hostages, including an American-Israeli, in return for Israel allowing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and a weekslong pause in the fighting, an Egyptian official said Monday. Israel would... Read More
Turkey detains journalists as protests over the jailing of key Erdogan rival rock the country
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities detained several journalists from their homes, a media workers’ union reported Monday, in what it said was a crackdown amid escalating protests triggered by the imprisonment of the mayor of Istanbul and top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.On Sunday, a court formally arrested Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and ordered him jailed pending a trial on corruption charges. His detention on Wednesday sparked the largest wave of street demonstrations in Turkey in more than a decade, deepening concerns over democracy and the rule of law.
In... Read More
US holds separate talks with Russian and Ukrainian representatives to discuss proposed ceasefire
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. negotiators worked to hammer out details of a proposed partial ceasefire in Ukraine on Monday, meeting with representatives from Russia a day after holding separate talks with the Ukrainian team. Each side has accused the other of undermining efforts to reach a pause in the 3-year-old war.Kyiv and Moscow agreed in principle Wednesday to a limited ceasefire after U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with the countries’ leaders, but the parties have offered different views of what targets would be off-limits to attack.
While the... Read More
Thai officials secretly planned to deport Uyghurs while making repeated public denials
BANGKOK (AP) — In late February, representatives of a Thai Muslim organization brought a reassuring message to 40 Uyghur men terrified they were going to be sent back to China: The government had no immediate plans to deport them.Less than 72 hours later, the men were on a plane bound for China’s far west Xinjiang region, where U.N. experts say they could face torture or other punishment.
Thailand decided to deport the men more than a month earlier, while denying plans to do so to the public, lawmakers and Muslim religious leaders until almost the very end,... Read More
Top Stories in International News
- Heathrow defends its response as questions grow about why a fire shut the airport for so long
- Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill scores in Gaza as Egypt offers new ceasefire proposal
- Turkey detains journalists as protests over the jailing of key Erdogan rival rock the country
- US holds separate talks with Russian and Ukrainian representatives to discuss proposed ceasefire
- Thai officials secretly planned to deport Uyghurs while making repeated public denials
- Comedian's jokes about an Indian state leader are being investigated as potential defamation
- South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo reinstated as acting president after impeachment overturned
- Gaza's Health Ministry says Israel has struck the largest hospital in the territory's south
- Stressed? Sick? Swiss town lets doctors prescribe free museum visits as art therapy for patients
- A Russian drone attack kills 7 in Ukraine ahead of ceasefire talks
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Africa
- Expelled South African ambassador returns home and says will wear US sanction as 'badge of dignity'
- 67,000 white South Africans express interest in Trump's plan to give them refugee status
- A Nigerian city devastated by flooding has quickly recovered. Locals credit community spirit
- Fear at isolated Antarctica base as a man is accused of attacking a colleague and making threats
- Trump administration says South African ambassador has to leave the US by Friday
Europe
More- Heathrow defends its response as questions grow about why a fire shut the airport for so long
- UK government orders probe into Heathrow shutdown that sparked concern over energy resilience
- What we know about the fire that brought London's Heathrow Airport to a standstill
- A look at some of history's worst air travel disruptions before a fire shut Heathrow
- Heathrow says some flights will resume after a fire cut power to Europe's busiest airport
Middle East
More- Gaza's Health Ministry says Israel has struck the largest hospital in the territory's south
- Father of the last living American hostage in Gaza hopes Trump can bring his son home
- Israel fires on Lebanon after rocket attack in the heaviest exchange since truce with Hezbollah
- Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza and destroy its only cancer hospital
- Israeli strikes across Gaza hit multiple homes, killing at least 85 Palestinians