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Inside a harrowing, hail-damaged flight: ‘We thought it was our last'

Sheikh Samiullah, a frequent flyer, thought nothing of it when he heard the pilot of his flight tell passengers to fasten their seat belts and ask the cabin crew to be seated. But within minutes, the plane encountered...

The damaged nose of an IndiGo passenger jet (Sheikh Samiullah via The New York Times)

South Korean lawmakers impeach second president

South Korea's Finance Minister and new acting president Choi Sang-mok (C) speaks as he presides over a meeting of the National Security Council at the Government Complex in Seoul. — AFP

Azerbaijan Airlines crash due to 'external' interference

Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau

Manmohan Singh, India's former prime minister, dies

India's former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Prayers as Asia mourns tsunami dead 20 years on

Aisha Rana Zhafirah reacts while visiting the Ulee Lheue mass grave, where victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami are buried, in Banda Aceh, Aceh. - Reuters

S Korea's oppn moves to impeach acting president

South Korea Prime Minister and acting President Han Duck-soo bows as he delivers his address to the nation at the Government Complex in Seoul. — AFP

Tsunami memorials begin as Asia mourns disaster 20 years on

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Oppn postpones decision to impeach acting president

Protesters attend a rally against South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, in Seoul. — Reuters

20 years since that Asian tsunami

9.1-magnitude quake caused a tsunami that smashed into coastal areas on December 26, 2004, killing more than 220,000 people

These students ousted the government. Now they’re rebuilding a democracy

People line up to buy everyday essentials in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 22, 2024. (Atul Loke/The New York Times)

Ian’s energy crisis forced industries to shut down

Power transmission lines in Tehran on Dec. 18, 2024. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)

For Syria’s economy, the way forward starts with sanctions relief

People find food as they gathered for the first Friday prayers after the fall of Bashar Assads regime, in Damascus, Syria, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (Nicole Tung/The New York Times)

Pakistan military courts convict 25 of unrest

Pakistani Army soldier salutes

Australian search, rescue teams arrive in quake-hit Vanuatu

Medical workers attend to a rescued woman on a stretcher following a strong earthquake in Port Vila, Vanuatu, December 18, 2024, in this screengrab taken from a social media video. Jeremy Ellison/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

North Korean troops suffer 100 deaths

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Filipina on Indonesia death row arrives home to 'new life'

Mary Jane Veloso (2nd R) is reunited with her two sons and her father (L)
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