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The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, with 242 people aboard. Dozens more on the ground perished as the plane exploded on the campus of a medical college.

An Air India flight bound for London Gatwick Airport from Ahmedabad crashed shortly after takeoff, Indian officials said.

Plane travel is statistically one of the safest modes of travel. But when things goes wrong, the results are often disastrous.

Senate Republicans want to sell the land to build more housing in the West, but the idea is contentious even within their own party.

The decision comes as officials say they believe that Israel is preparing to launch a military attack on Iran. Tehran condemned the vote.

Rioters clashed with police in Ballymena, and masked groups set fire to a recreation center in Larne, where families had been given temporary shelter.

The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, with 242 people aboard. India’s home minister said he had met with a survivor. The victims included students at a medical college where the plane crashed.

A defense official said the man, 21, was turned down for military service after failing a psychological test. Investigators are asking how he passed another such test to obtain a gun permit.

The 2021 pact, meant to help counter China’s ambitions in the Asia Pacific, will be examined to ensure that it meets “America First criteria,” a U.S. official said.

The Tata Group, which bought the airline three years ago, has been trying to improve operations at a time of great change in India’s aviation market.

Stepping away from a U.S.-China trade war.

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Experts who study protest movements say the scenes unfolding in California broadly follow a script that has played out many times in other countries — sometimes with deadly consequences.

Some of the Israeli prime minister’s coalition partners backed an opposition motion over rules that exempt most religious students from serving in the military.

The deployment of troops to Los Angeles.

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The maneuvers over international waters in the Pacific last weekend prompted Japanese officials to warn China not to repeat them and risk a collision.