Lithuania’s Vilnius airport temporarily halted operations due to suspected balloons in its airspace, the airport said on Sunday, marking the latest in a series of flight disruptions in the Baltic nation.
European aviation has faced repeated disruption in recent months due to drone sightings and airspace incursions, including in Copenhagen and Brussels.
Vilnius airport has been forced to close at least 10 times since early October.
Lithuania says weather balloons flown by smugglers are being used to transport contraband cigarettes across the border and accuses Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko of allowing the practice, describing it as a form of “hybrid attack”.
In response, Lithuania closed both of its Belarus border crossings in October but reopened them last week after airspace interruptions appeared to ease.
Lukashenko has dismissed the closures as a “crazy scam”, accusing the West of waging a hybrid war against Belarus and Russia and pushing Europe into a new era of barbed-wire divisions.
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At least 334 people have been killed in Sri Lanka after landslides and flooding caused by Cyclone Ditwah, officials said on Saturday, with 370 others missing and more than half a million affected nationwide.
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Hong Kong authorities pressed ahead on Monday with combing the remaining apartment towers destroyed by a massive fire at a housing estate that killed at least 146 people and displaced hundreds.
A Bangladesh court sentenced British parliamentarian and former minister Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail in a corruption case involving the alleged illegal allocation of a plot of land, local media reported.
U.S. investigators have recovered the black box recorders from the wreckage of a UPS cargo plane that crashed in flames on takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky. At least twelve people died. The crash sent a wall of fire into an industrial corridor and forced the shutdown of the airport.
The global recall of Airbus A320 aircraft has triggered widespread disruption across several major airlines, forcing flight cancellations in the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had spoken with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but did not provide details on what the two leaders discussed.
Kazakhstan has called on Ukraine to stop striking the Black Sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) after a major drone attack forced a halt to exports and caused serious damage to loading equipment.
Venezuela's government condemned Trump's comments in a statement posted on Saturday afternoon (November 29), describing them as a "colonialist threat" against the country's sovereignty and incompatible with international law.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 1st of November, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Hong Kong authorities pressed ahead on Monday with combing the remaining apartment towers destroyed by a massive fire at a housing estate that killed at least 146 people and displaced hundreds.
A Bangladesh court sentenced British parliamentarian and former minister Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail in a corruption case involving the alleged illegal allocation of a plot of land, local media reported.
Moscow and Kyiv painted very different pictures of the battlefield on Sunday, each insisting momentum was on their side as the fighting around Pokrovsk intensified.
Two of the world’s fiercest technology rivals have announced a surprise collaboration, aiming to shore up the stability of the global internet infrastructure following a series of costly disruptions.
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