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More flights cancelled as Iran conflict shuts Mideast hubs
AFP, Published on 01/03/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - The biggest disruption to global air transport since the Covid pandemic continued Sunday, with thousands of flights affected and busy Middle Eastern hubs including Dubai and Doha shuttered as Iran lashed out after US-Israeli strikes.
Travel worries ease as Airbus delivers quick software fix
AFP, Published on 29/11/2025
» PARIS - Fears of days of travel chaos across the world eased on Saturday after the plane manufacturer Airbus intervened rapidly to deliver a software upgrade it had said was immediately needed on 6,000 of its stalwart A320 passenger jets.
Trump caps Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi with dizzying investment pledges
AFP, Published on 16/05/2025
» ABU DHABI — United States President Donald Trump on Friday capped off a Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi that has seen the securing of multi-billion-dollar deals, a US$1.4 trillion investment pledge from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as historic overtures to Syria and renewed optimism over an Iran nuclear deal.
Tourist family, pilot killed in 'tragic' New York helicopter crash
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» NEW YORK — Six people including three children were killed after a sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday, sparking a major water rescue operation, authorities said.
Ailing Pope releases audio message from hospital
AFP, Published on 07/03/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis marked three weeks battling double pneumonia in hospital on Friday, reported by the Vatican to be "stable" but sounding weak and breathless in his first audio message.
Ailing pope ‘rested well’ but misses start of Lent
AFP, Published on 05/03/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis’s condition was stable on Wednesday as he neared three weeks in hospital battling pneumonia, a Vatican source said, with celebrations for the Lent religious season starting without him.
Pope ‘slept all night’ after two breathing attacks: Vatican
AFP, Published on 04/03/2025
» ROME - Pope Francis, hospitalised with pneumonia in both lungs, “slept all night” and was resting on Tuesday after suffering two bouts of acute respiratory failure the day before, the Vatican said.
Australian says 'wasn't nice' sitting with corpse on long-haul flight
AFP, Published on 26/02/2025
» SYDNEY — An Australian couple have criticised Qatar Airways after a blanket-draped corpse was seated next to them during a long-haul flight.
Deal struck to end Geneva airport strike
AFP, Published on 24/12/2023
» GENEVA - A deal has been reached to end an hours-long strike by ground staff at Geneva airport, which had caused numerous flight delays and cancellations during the holiday rush.
Mongolian Rhapsody? Secrets from the Freddie Mercury estate
AFP, Published on 01/06/2023
» LONDON: A trove of Freddie Mercury's previously unseen handwritten draft lyrics for some of Queen's biggest hits goes on show Thursday in New York, ahead of their sale in London later this year.