Cash-strapped Air India is grappling with what appears to be an inability to pay for fuel and airport charges at a time when it is trying to pay several debts, coupled with a huge revenue loss due to a recent pilots strike. But India’s government has stepped in to broker a deal to pay the bills.

NEW DELHI — France has stopped selling certain military hardware to Pakistan until Islamabad explains its role in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks and in providing a safe haven for Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who was killed in a U.S. strike on May 2.

A chartered air ambulance crashed in a densely populated area on the outskirts of India’s national capital late May 25, which, combined with other recent accidents, has spurred India to create an accident investigation committee.