World


Honduran president's helicopter makes emergency landing

Honduran president's helicopter makes emergency landing

Tegucigalpa, Feb 26 (UNI) A helicopter carrying Honduran President Xiomara Castro made an emergency landing Tuesday in a mountainous area in the northwestern part of the country.
The aircraft was en route from San Pedro Sula to the capital, Tegucigalpa, when it was forced to land in the mountainous area of Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Cortes. No injuries were reported.
According to Honduran Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina Garcia, poor visibility from bad weather was the likely cause.
UNI XINHUA ARN

More News

2 dead, 3 injured in shooting in Italy's Sicily

28 Apr 2025 | 12:40 AM

Rome, Apr 27 (UNI) At least two people were killed and three others injured on Saturday evening in a shooting in Palermo, the capital of Italy's Sicily, Italy's ANSA news agency reported.

see more..

Hamas delegation meets Turkish FM over Gaza developments

28 Apr 2025 | 12:37 AM

Gaza, Apr 27 (UNI) A Hamas delegation met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday in the Qatari capital Doha over the latest developments in the Gaza Strip.

see more..

China launches new data relay satellite

28 Apr 2025 | 12:35 AM

Beijing, Apr 27 (UNI) China successfully sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sunday.

see more..

Pashtoon party in Balochistan protests forced deportation of Afghan refugees

27 Apr 2025 | 9:33 PM

Quetta, Apr 27 (UNI) Supporters of the Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, carried out a rally against Islamabad’s forced deportation of Afghan nationals, and asked the Pakistan government to stop its mistreatment of Afghan refugees.

see more..

BNP's student wing demands removal of National Curriculum & Textbook Board heads, calls them ‘fascist allies’ of Hasina

27 Apr 2025 | 8:47 PM

Dhaka, Apr 27 (UNI) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) student wing, the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), has sharply criticised the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) --
Bangladesh's top authority on developing school curriculum and textbooks, accusing it of wilfully ignoring the July 2024 Uprising that led to the ouster of PM Sheikh Hasina, in school curricula.

see more..