An Air India passenger aircraft carrying 244 people crashed on Thursday afternoon in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad, just minutes after takeoff en route to London’s Gatwick Airport. Local television footage showed thick plumes of smoke rising from the crash site near Ahmedabad Airport. The aircraft, flight AI171—a Boeing ...
Pakistan handed over an Indian soldier on Wednesday who was captured on its territory, a new sign of easing tensions between the two nuclear neighbors who witnessed a four-day confrontation last week. A border guard was handed over to India on Wednesday after being detained on April 23 for 21 ...