The world this week
In a horrific incident, that now appears to be a deliberate mishap, a Germanwings airline Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps, killing all 150 people onboard. (Photo: AP)- A widening Yemen conflict could pose risks for global oil supplies, and Brent crude oil prices shot up nearly 6 percent soon after the operation began. (Photo: AP)
- There was no immediate confirmation of those figures from Riyadh. Al Arabiya also said planes from Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Sudan, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain were taking part in the operation. (Photo: AP)
- Gulf broadcaster Al Arabiya TV reported that the kingdom was contributing as many as 150,000 troops and 100 warplanes to the operations and that Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Pakistan were ready to take part in a ground offensive in Yemen. (Photo: AP)
- Saudi Arabia and Gulf region allies launched military operations including air strikes in Yemen on Thursday, officials said, to counter Iran-allied forces besieging the southern city of Aden where the US-backed Yemeni president had taken refuge. (
- India's relations with Singapore is one of our strongest relationships in the world and that Singapore is a key pillar of India's Act East Policy (Photo: AP)
- Prime Minister Modi pointed out that India deeply valued Yew's friendship and his support for the country's economic progress and global role. "He believed in India's potential more than many of us did. (Photo: AP)
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the passing away of Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, who was among the tallest leaders of our times, marks the end of an era. (Photo: AP)
- Lee Kuan Yew who transformed the tiny island outpost into one of the wealthiest and least corrupt countries in Asia, died on March 24. He was 91 years old. (Photo: AP)
- Citing internal documents and Lufthansa sources, Bild said Lubitz spent a total of one and a half years in psychiatric treatment and that the relevant documents would be passed to French investigators once they had been examined by German
- Prosecutors in France, after listening to the cockpit voice recorders, offered no motive for why Andreas Lubitz, 27, would take the controls of the Airbus A320, lock the captain out of the cockpit and deliberately set it veering down from cruising
- Lubitz received psychiatric treatment for a "serious depressive episode" six years ago, German tabloid Bild reported on Friday. (Photo: AP)
- Officials have said that the co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was going through a personal crisis after the relationship with his partner fell apart last year. He had however allegedly hidden this detail from his employers. (Photo: AP)
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In a horrific incident, that now appears to be a deliberate mishap, a Germanwings airline Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps, killing all 150 people onboard. (Photo: AP)
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