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Beat Ford in 1976, lost by landslide to Reagan in 1980 Egypt-Israel peace was top diplomatic accomplishment Iran hostage crisis consumed last 444 days of presidency In 1979, he bemoaned America's 'crisis of confidence' Won 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for peacemaker work Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as US president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday. He was 100.US President Joe Biden directed that Jan. 9 will be a national day of mourning throughout the United States for Carter, the White House said in a statement.'I call on the American people to assemble on that day in their respective places of worship, there to pay homage to the memory of President James Earl Carter,' Biden said.Carter, a Democrat, became president in January 1977 after defeating incumb...

Air travellers in the UK faced further disruption on Saturday, as fog that has blanketed much of the country in recent days grounded flights and hampered landings and take-offs. Disruption grew through the day at London’s Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports, as well as at Manchester and Belfast, according to Flightradar24, which tracks plane movements in real-time.Hundreds of flights were delayed into and out of Heathrow - the country’s busiest hub - and Gatwick, while both each saw more than a dozen departures cancelled, the site reported. More than half of Heathrow’s departing flights were showing as delayed, according to Flightradar24.The same airports also saw disruption on Friday due to the foggy conditions. “As widespread fog continues to affect some UK airports today, temporary air traffic restrictions remain in place at locations with low visibility,” the air traffic control authority NATS said yesterday. It said the restrictions were to maintain safety and that its teams w...

South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk-yeol authorised the military to fire their weapons if needed to enter parliament during his failed bid to impose martial law, according to a prosecutors’ report seen by AFP yesterday.The 10-page summary from former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun’s prosecution indictment report, which was provided to the media, also says Yoon vowed on December 3 to declare martial law three times if necessary.Yoon, who was stripped of his duties by the National Assembly this month, is under investigation for his short-lived attempt to scrap civilian rule, which plunged the country into political turmoil and led to his impeachment. Yoon’s lawyer Yoon Kab-keun dismissed the prosecutors’ report, telling AFP it was “a one-sided account that neither corresponds to objective circumstances nor common sense”.As lawmakers rushed to parliament on December 3 to vote down Yoon’s martial law declaration, heavily armed troops stormed the building, scaling fences, smashing wi...

India yesterday announced seven days of state mourning after the death of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country’s economic liberalisation in the early 1990s.Singh, who held office from 2004-2014, died at the age of 92 late on Thursday evening at a hospital in New Delhi. He will also be accorded a state funeral.“As a mark of respect for the departed dignitary, it has been decided that seven days of state mourning will be observed throughout India,” the Indian government said in a statement yesterday, with mourning running until January 1.“It has also been decided that the state funeral will be accorded to late Dr Manmohan Singh,” it said, with the national flag fluttering at half-mast on official buildings across the country.India’s cricket team battling hosts Australia in the fourth Test took to the ground in Melbourne yesterday with black armbands to show respect for Singh.India’s main opposition Congress said that the former premier’s body would b...

Japan Airlines' network was hit by a cyberattack on Thursday, resulting in delays to some domestic and international flights.Japanese News Agency Kyodo reported that Japan Airlines 'system network used to check in luggage is under a cyberattack, with at least 24 domestic flights delayed for up to an hour and some international flights also affected.'The company confirmed that it was working to counteract the cyberattack and determine its source, adding that the attack may have a larger effect on its flights.It stated that affected devices have been shut down for investigation, as the company works to restore its systems. Meanwhile, authorities in Tokyo have launched an investigation into the incident source https://www.gulf-times.com/article/697425/international/japan/japan-airlines-hit-by-cyberattack-delaying-flights

From an anonymous office in a New Delhi mall, matrimonial detective Bhavna Paliwal runs the rule over prospective husbands and wives - a booming industry in India, where younger generations are increasingly choosing love matches over arranged marriage.The tradition of partners being carefully selected by the two families remains hugely popular, but in a country where social customs are changing rapidly, more and more couples are making their own matches.So for some families, the first step when young lovers want to get married is not to call a priest or party planner but a sleuth like Paliwal with high-tech spy tools to investigate the prospective partner.Sheela, an office worker in New Delhi, said that when her daughter announced she wanted to marry her boyfriend, she immediately hired Paliwal.“I had a bad marriage,” said Sheela, whose name has been changed as her daughter remains unaware her fiance was spied on.“When my daughter said she’s in love, I wanted to support her - but not w...

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 people on board, officials said. The Embraer 190 aircraft that was supposed to fly northwest from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to the city of Grozny in Chechnya in southern Russia instead flew across the Caspian Sea and went down near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. The plane's course on Flight Radar showed it flying away from its normal route and then circling over the area where it eventually crashed near Aktau, which is an oil and gas hub on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea.Azerbaijan Airlines reported that 67 people were on board -- 62 passengers and five crew members.The Kazakh emergency situations ministry reported earlier in the day that '28 survivors including two children have been hospitalised.'The Kazakh transport ministry said the plane was carrying 37 nationals from Azerbaijan, six from Kazakhstan, three from Kyrgyzstan and 16 from Russia.'We cann...