The news on Jet comes a month after billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed low cost Indian carrier Akasa Air placed a $9 billion order for 72 Boeing 737 MAX jets.

The World Bank's board has backed transferring $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to help Afghanistan cope with a brewing humanitarian crisis after the U.S. withdrawal, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Khurram Parvez targeted for work, says UN Human Rights Office, expressing alarm at rising killings of Kashmiri civilians

President Joe Biden's administration will extend requirements for travelers to wear masks on airplanes, trains and buses and at airports and train stations through mid-March, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters

Tokyo has consistently voiced support for the status-quo in Taiwan Strait, sounding the alarm over “a sense of crisis” in the region.

In November alone, the lira lost nearly 30 percent of its value against the dollar – landing it well into currency crash territory.

A clash erupted in the afternoon between Iranian border guards and the Taliban following a misunderstanding at the border near the (Afghan) province of Nimroz.

The bill focused on protecting lives of journalists, saving them from harassment and torture and ensuring their welfare by giving facilities of life and health insurance.

The European model consists of both hard and soft infrastructure, as well as sustainable investments in digital, climate and energy, transport, health, education, and research.

Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he had spoken to the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine and urged both sides to de-escalate the tensions that have recently flared up. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will also hold talks with his Russian counterpart.

All ten members of ASEAN, Southeast Asia's regional bloc, participated in Wednesday's drills. Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar and Brunei provided warships or aircraft, with the Philippines taking part as a virtual observer.

A four-month-old baby and his three-year-old brother died with their parents on Tuesday when a fire ripped through an abandoned bank in Barcelona where the family was squatting, in a blaze denounced as “horrific” by the Spanish city’s mayor..