Linda Kitchen, whose husband died on SQ321, is suing Singapore Airlines after suffering a broken back in the severe turbulence incident.
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Two vessels including an LNG tanker were struck near the Strait of Hormuz, reviving concerns over maritime security in one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
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South Korea has announced a trilateral military drill after North Korea vowed to retaliate against what it called US hostilities.
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Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military commander convicted of genocide over the Srebrenica massacre, has died while serving a life sentence at The Hague.
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Indonesia has escalated cloud seeding and water-bombing operations as putrid haze from wildfires on Borneo and Sumatra exposes more than five million people to toxic smoke.
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Two armed thieves bought exhibition tickets before smashing a display case and stealing a 600-diamond necklace worth over $4 million from Vienna’s MAK museum.
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King Oyo of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom, recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s youngest reigning monarch, has died aged 34 while receiving treatment in the United States.
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An 81-year-old man has received a Germany life sentence for the murder of an American tourist more than 30 years ago, after a Koblenz court found the crime particularly severe.
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Norway’s King Harald V, Europe’s oldest monarch and a wartime exile who married his school sweetheart against royal convention, has died at 89. His son becomes King Haakon VIII.
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A sudden global pause on US immigrant visa processing is causing widespread disruption and anxiety for applicants across Hong Kong, China, and wider Asia.