One person was killed and several others were injured when a Singapore Airlines Flight 321 encountered “severe turbulence” en route from London to Singapore, the company said Tuesday evening local time.
The aircraft, a Boeing 777-300ER, was carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew members. It left London’s Heathrow airport slightly after 10:30 p.m. on Monday. It was cruising at an altitude of 37,000 feet as it passed the western coast of Myanmar when it suddenly dropped to 31,000 feet in minutes, according to flight data captured by Flightradar24.
The plane was diverted to Bangkok, where it landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport. By Tuesday evening, emergency crews said they had transported the people injured from the airport to medical facilities.

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Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on Tuesday, accusing the news organization of violating a new media law by providing images to Al Jazeera. The Qatari satellite channel is among thousands of clients that receive live video feeds from the AP and other news organizations. […]

Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations to Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, has issued a stark warning to Israel, suggesting the potential for future violence.
“If the Palestinian cause will not be justly, comprehensively, and permanently resolved, at least on the basis of international legitimacy, at least on the basis of the UN resolutions, then October 7 can repeat itself 100 times, and perhaps even more seriously,” Habbash stated in a video posted to his Facebook page on May 18, as translated by Palestinian Media Watch.
Habbash, like many other officials in the PA, has a long record of incendiary comments aimed at Israel.

France has voiced its support for the International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. In a statement released late on Monday, the French Foreign Ministry emphasized its backing of the ICC’s autonomy.
“France supports the International Criminal Court, its independence, and the fight against impunity in all situations,” the statement read.
France has consistently called for strict adherence to international humanitarian law, highlighting the unacceptable civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip and the inadequate humanitarian access.

The alleged leaders of a suspected far-right plot to topple the German government went on trial on Tuesday, opening the most prominent proceedings in a case that shocked the country in late 2022. Nine defendants faced judges at a special warehouse-like courthouse built on the outskirts of Frankfurt to accommodate the large number of defendants, […]

A video posted to Donald Trump’s account on his social media network Monday included references to a “unified Reich” among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November. The headline appears among messages flashing across the screen such as “Trump wins!!” and “Economy booms!” Other headlines appear to be references to World War […]

The helicopter that crashed while carrying the Iranian president through mountainous fog was a U.S.-designed Bell 212, according to state media and photographs verified by The Washington Post.
The Bell 212 aircraft is a widely used civilian version of the Vietnam-era Huey military helicopter, operated by armed forces and businesses around the globe. The model is a two-blade twin-engine medium helicopter with up to 15 seats that first flew in 1968, according to Skybrary, an aviation database.