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Small Plane Crash in Colombia Kills 15, Including Congressman
A small passenger plane crashed in northeast Colombia on Wednesday, killing all 15 people on board, including a member of congress, authorities said. The aircraft, belonging to state-owned airline Satena, lost contact with air traffic control minutes after takeoff from the airport in Cúcuta just before noon, according to a Satena statement.
The plane was en route to Ocaña, a municipality surrounded by mountains. Officials from a nearby community notified authorities about the crash site, prompting the deployment of a search and rescue team, Euronews reported.
In other international news, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announced on Wednesday that Croatia would not be joining US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace." Plenković stated that the decision was made "after thorough analyses" by the government, but did not provide specific reasons, according to Euronews. Trump had said last week that he expected over 50 countries to join the board, which appears to challenge the United Nations Security Council's role in international conflict resolution.
Meanwhile, in Iraq, hundreds of protestors gathered near the US embassy on Wednesday to demonstrate against what they perceived as election interference. Iraq's main candidate for premiership, Nouri al-Maliki, denounced "blatant interference" by the United States, after President Trump threatened to end all support to the country if al-Maliki was re-elected, Euronews reported. "We categorically reject the blatant American interference in Iraq's internal affairs," al-Maliki stated. The US has held significant sway over Iraqi politics since the 2003 invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.
On the Russia-Ukraine war front, fighting continued on Thursday. The death toll from a Russian attack on a passenger train in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Tuesday rose to six, after the remains of several bodies were recovered from the wreckage, the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutors Office said on the Telegram messaging app, according to Al Jazeera.
In sports news, Tyson Fury has confirmed his return to boxing with a comeback fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov, Sky News reported Wednesday. The 37-year-old heavyweight boxer announced his retirement a year ago after successive defeats to Oleksandr Usyk. Fury plans to fight three times this year and has been training in Thailand ahead of his return, which is set to take place in the UK on April 11. The fight will be screened on Netflix.
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