Jerusalem/IBNS: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is "too early" to determine whether there was any Iranian involvement in the alleged attempt to crash a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai flight or to definitively classify the incident as a "terror attack."
Israeli dentist Musaev Shota was among the passengers who rushed to help Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar after he was severely injured during an alleged cockpit fight with his Omani co-pilot, who reportedly attempted to crash Flight FZ1073.
Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian citizen and flydubai captain, has been identified as the pilot who allegedly intervened when his co-pilot attempted to interfere with the aircraft's systems during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
Israeli authorities suspect that a violent altercation inside the cockpit of a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, during which the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain, may have been an attempt to seize control of the aircraft and crash it as an act of terrorism.
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a multi-billion-dollar contract to produce its next-generation F/A-XX fighter aircraft, the company announced.
The chief executive of the company that operates the iconic Eiffel Tower will step down at the end of the year following a backlash over the replacement of female staff with male colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group.
The bullet-riddled bodies of three Afghan nationals were recovered from the Garok River in Pakistan’s Turbat area, according to local media reports.
Dubai/IBNS: A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after the two pilots were reportedly involved in a physical altercation inside the cockpit, media reports said.
At least 12 people, including 10 school-going children, were injured after a school van veered off the road and caught fire in Pakistan’s Murree on Tuesday, media reports said.
Iran is awaiting a formal response from the United States on its proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and the phased reopening of the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, even as Washington imposes fresh sanctions on individuals and companies accused of supporting Tehran’s military procurement network., CBS News reported.
A Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber crashed during a training flight in the Far Eastern Amur region on Tuesday, killing six of the seven crew members on board, Russia's Defence Ministry said.
Pakistani police have registered a case against a faith healer for allegedly torturing a girl during a ritual to exorcise a djinn, according to media reports.
Washington DC/IBNS: New York Times engineering executive Jonathan McKinsey was shot dead at a sports park in California, with his elderly in-laws arrested in connection with the killing, media reports said.
Calgary: Canada and Alberta governments announced Sunday they will collaborate to explore high-speed rail connecting Calgary, Red Deer and Edmonton, referring the initiative to the federal Major Projects Office alongside the existing Toronto-Quebec City high-speed rail effort.
Naypyidaw/IBNS: At least 49 people were killed and 58 others injured in an airstrike allegedly carried out by Myanmar's military near a market in western Rakhine State on Monday, media reports said.
London: Britain is reopening its refugee resettlement system to new referrals, with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood promising “safe and legal routes” for vulnerable refugees — including Afghan women and girls and Palestinians who have fled Gaza.
A New York Times engineering executive was fatally shot in California, with police arresting his elderly in-laws on suspicion of murder, media reports said.
Fugitive Satinderjeet Singh, alias Goldy Brar, who is wanted in connection with alleged murder, extortion and drug trafficking offences, has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, the agency announced on Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday visited the UAE and met President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with Iran reportedly dominating their discussions, media reports said.
Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a mobile van carrying traffic police personnel in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, killing three policemen, media reports said.
At least three people were killed and four others injured after an argument escalated into gunfire at an after-hours strip club in Detroit, US media reported.
British police have arrested five people on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act and committing explosive offences after three vehicles were found travelling towards RAF Fairford in the UK.
At least three people have been booked for allegedly gang-raping an Azeri woman in Pakistan's Lahore, media reports said.
At least 27 people were killed in two separate mass shooting incidents in South Africa, marking one of the country's major episodes of gun violence in recent years.
Suspected terrorists allegedly abducted 13 people on Friday in the mountainous Hathikhel area of Pakistan's Wazir subdivision, media reports said.
The British Police have arrested several men on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act near an air base used by the US in southwest England.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday hit out at Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly, describing it as a “serial practitioner of terrorism” and accusing it of misrepresenting facts before the Assembly.
The body of a Hindu jeweller was recovered from a floating plastic drum near a sluice gate in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district on Friday, with police suspecting that he was killed before his body was dumped in the water.
Bangladesh police have recovered explosive materials, crude bomb-making equipment and 9,000 paper masks during a raid in South Keraniganj, media reports said.
A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader was allegedly abducted by a group of armed men in Kolai-Palas district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with the lawmaker being taken to an undisclosed location, media reports said.
