The ramp-up of traffic at Noida International Airport is lagging behind expectations, primarily due to the withdrawal of a launch airline and the existing Delhi airport operating under capacity. In its opening month, the new airport managed 104 flights and accommodated 25,000 passengers. Connectivity hurdles and strong competition from Delhi present notable challenges. Despite this, Zurich Airport remains optimistic about the Indian aviation sector's long-term growth outlook.

Washington puts security of the homeland, Western Hemisphere and Pacific ahead of Europe, US ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has said Read Full Article at RT.com

India’s commitment to the SCO highlights its strategy for maintaining influence in Eurasia despite connectivity challenges Read Full Article at RT.com

RT has spoken exclusively with the father of Palestinian-American teenager Amer Rabee who was gunned down by Israeli troops last April Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia has conducted a successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Defense Ministry has said Read Full Article at RT.com

They are used by Ukrainian troops

Makokou, le 29 août 2026 — L'opération de distribution de kits scolaires initiée par la Fondation Ma Bannière s'est poursuivie, le vendredi 28 août 2026, dans les villages de Mbondou et Ntsiete, situés sur l'axe Makokou–Okondja, dans la province de l'Ogooué-Ivindo. Après les localités de Batouala, Massaha et Nze-Vatican, les équipes de la Fondation ont poursuivi leur action au plus près des communautés rurales, notamment sur cet axe emprunté la veille par le président de la République. (...) - SOCIETE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Je viens de voir le porte-parole de la Présidence de la République apparaître à l'écran pour lire, avec toute la solennité requise, un communiqué de condoléances à la suite du décès du roi Harald V de Norvège. Très bien. Le Gabon entretient des relations diplomatiques avec la Norvège. Un chef d'État disparaît à 89 ans. Il est normal que le président de la République présente ses condoléances au peuple norvégien et à la famille royale. Mais pendant ce temps, chez nous ? Rudy Hombenet (...) - LIBRE PROPOS

À l'entame de son séjour dans la province de l'Ogooué-Ivindo, où il prendra part aux festivités commémoratives de la Journée nationale de la Libération, le Président de la République, Chef de l'État, Son Excellence Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, a rendu un hommage solennel à la mémoire de feu Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet, ancien Premier ministre, décédé le 11 juin 2020. Cet hommage a été marqué par le dévoilement de la plaque inaugurale du mausolée dédié à l'illustre disparu, un moment de (...) - POLITIQUE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

The Indian Prime Minister highlighted terrorism, separatism and extremism among the threats

Drones destroyed over Russian regions and the waters of the Azov and Black Seas

This figure is possible if the current barriers are removed, Evgeny Tomikhin said

The wife of Geoffrey Kitchen, a 73-year-old British man who died after severe turbulence on board Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 in May 2024, is suing the airline.The BBC reported on Friday (Aug 28) that Linda Kitchen, 74, from Thornbury near Bristol, has begun High Court proceedings in the United Kingdom.She was on board the flight from London to Singapore with Geoffrey and is seeking damages to access specialist support for her back, which was injured in the same event.The flight encountered severe turbulence over Myanmar and diverted to Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand.«There had been some turbulence over Europe, and it had been shaky over the water, but it was around 10 hours into the flight when we encountered the main turbulence,» Linda told the BBC. «It was so severe; it felt like the aircraft was dropping. I noticed my Kindle and Geoff's phone had fallen to the floor, and I thought the plane was going down.»

Daphne - or Track, as I knew her, a nickname coined by her son for reasons now lost to time - was one of the world's best-selling authors, most famous for her great novel Rebecca.

When Compass Books in Dartmouth, Devon, received an order earlier this summer for second-hand volumes on these subjects and many more, seller Lucy Hingston was delighted.

As traffic sits nose to tail, vast crowds of bedraggled pedestrians are desperately heading north in search of loved ones.

Deputy of the Kherson Regional Duma Alexander Fomin stressed that Kherson cannot survive without Russia, even Ukrainian officials are forced to admit this

The emergency services are at the spot

As a result of artillery and multiple rocket launcher strikes, a 155-mm howitzer, two ammunition depots and six units of Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles were also destroyed

Oleg Ozerov emphasized that Chisinau’s pragmatic approach to cooperation with Russia and the countries of the post-Soviet space has yielded tangible benefits

The sooner elections to the People's Assembly of Gagauzia are organized, the better it will be for all parties, including the authorities, Oleg Ozerov said

Newly crowned Professor Joseph Dzanja of the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) has called for serious investment in agricultural marketing systems if Malawi is to realise its full agricultural potential. Professor Dzanja made the remarks on Thursday during his inaugural lecture as Professor at LUANAR, where he challenged policymakers, researchers and other […] The post Prof Dzanja: Malawi’s agriculture is broken — sets out five-point fix appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

The Malawi Police Service has launched a dramatic shake‑up of its traffic operations, ordering the immediate withdrawal of all officers serving as traffic aides or attached to the traffic branch — a move triggered by a viral video showing a traffic cop allegedly demanding a K20,000 bribe from a minibus driver in Blantyre. The directive, […] The post K20,000 bribe video forces Police to clean house — Traffic aides sent packing appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Suspended Blantyre Water Board boss Yeremia Chihana has blasted the Board’s decision to send him home for the second time in five months, claiming he is being targeted for refusing to “dance to the tune” of powerful interests and for insisting on proper procedures in a multimillion‑dollar World Bank project. Chihana says the latest suspension, […] The post Chihana explodes: ‘My suspension is about World Bank projects — Not misconduct!’ appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

President Arthur Peter Mutharika’s warm words for the outgoing commissioners of the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) were, on the surface, a routine gesture of appreciation. But in Malawi’s current political climate, even praise carries weight — and contradiction. Meeting the commissioners at Kamuzu Palace, Mutharika described the MHRC as “central” to safeguarding freedoms and […] The post The MHRC matters. Mutharika says so. Now he must prove it appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

A keeper at Singapore Zoo is recovering in hospital after being bitten by an adult Malayan tapir.The incident took place on the evening of Aug 26 during routine end-of-day activities, when the keeper was guiding the animal back to its off-exhibit den, Mandai Wildlife Group said in a statement to AsiaOne.A second keeper who was also in the exhibit stepped in to assist, and the tapir was secured in its den shortly after.«The keeper is currently in hospital and on the way to recovery under close medical supervision,» a Mandai Wildlife Group spokesperson said.«We're in close touch with our staff and the family to provide support.»The tapir involved is a 23-year-old female. Malayan tapirs are the only tapir species native to Asia and are listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.Mandai Wildlife Group pointed out that tapirs are generally shy and non-confrontational animals, making such incidents rare.

Pringles fans have been complaining about the one big downside of their favorite chips for years, and the company has finally done something about it.

SINGAPORE — A woman's application for protection against her husband was dismissed by the court, which ruled the man's text messages, where he shared fantasies of wanting to hurt and kill her, did not constitute emotional or psychological abuse.Magistrate Yvette Tay noted in grounds of decision issued on Aug 19 that even though the wife had claimed she was afraid of him, her immediate replies to his messages were that she missed him.Tay said the woman did not appear to display signs of emotional or mental distress or harm. In various text messages, the woman told her husband that she expected him to provide for her and to turn up for family events.She even suggested they take a holiday together.The magistrate added: «The applicant still wanted physical intimacy with the respondent and even sent him intimate photographs of herself.»To make such a request would suggest that the applicant was not fearful of the respondent."The couple, whose ages were not stated in court documents, were married in December 2023 but started living apart less than a year later in October 2024.

A total of 18 people were taken to two hospitals after two lorries collided in Taman Jurong on Friday (Aug 28) morning.The incident happened at about 6.55am at the junction of Jalan Tukang and Tukang Innovation Drive. A video of the incident seen by AsiaOne shows a white lorry flipped on its right side, while another lorry is seen stopped at an angle on the leftmost lane behind it.At least 20 workers are seen at the roadside and pedestrian walkway.The Singapore Civil Defence Force told AsiaOne that a male lorry driver was found trapped in his seat and was rescued by firefighters using hydraulic rescue tools.Responding to AsiaOne's queries, the police said both lorry drivers, aged 30 and 35, and 16 male passengers, aged between 24 and 55, were taken conscious to the National University Hospital and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.The police added that a 35-year-old male lorry driver is assisting with ongoing police investigations.[[nid:743702]]editor@asiaone.com 

A 90-year-old man found unfit to stand trial for killing his wife in their Bukit Panjang flat in 2024 was given a five-year notional imprisonment period by the High Court judge on Aug 28.Under Singapore’s criminal procedure, the court must now report Ridawi Morsudin to the Law Minister, who will decide if he is to be confined in a psychiatric institution or another place of safe custody, or be given a conditional release.Ridawi was found unfit to stand trial for his actions due to severe cognitive impairment. Medical reports stated that he is unlikely to regain fitness to stand trial due to the progressive nature of his condition.In reporting the case to the minister, the judge has to specify the notional imprisonment period that the accused would have been required to undergo if convicted of the offence. This serves as the upper limit of the period of confinement subsequently ordered by the minister.In specifying a period of five years, Justice Hoo Sheau Peng considered the case of Kong Peng Yee, who fatally slashed his wife at their Sengkang home in 2016 during a psychotic episode.