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SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui has called ...
Efforts to reshape the military include modernizing the technology soldiers will use on the battlefield and the further integration of artificial intelligence. Some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley are working with the Pentagon and cashing in. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Sharon Weinberger, author of "Valley of Death: How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War."
Two giant pandas arrived in the US following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, continuing a decades-old tradition in which the beloved fuzzy ambassadors have become symbols of China’s ties with countries around the world. Zoo Atlanta announced the arrival of giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang on Sunday, saying it was “overjoyed” to welcome the pair after the zoo’s previous 2...
Israel has awarded a presidential medal to five of its citizens who helped prevent a flydubai plane crash on Wednesday as it calls for the pilot who allegedly caused the midair altercation to be extradited.
Israeli airlines plan to resume Dubai flights after flydubai incident reuters.com
Questions about the motive of the co-pilot who tried to crash a packed flight from Dubai to Israel continue to swirl.
IDF's Gaza Division intelligence officer on Oct. 7 named as army plans ouster Haaretz
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — Taiwan President Lai Ching-te told a forum in late September he was seeking “resilience through unity” with a new alliance that would let world officials and non-governmental groups prepare together in case of disaster. For Taiwan, that could mean an attack or blockade by the militarily more powerful China . Lai’s pitch to 500 experts and guests augured an internationa...
He also said it was clear that the co-pilot was suicidal.
A potential conflict in the Taiwan Strait could see crossfire exchanged between two mobile rocket systems: the US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars), and its mainland Chinese counterpart, the PHL-16, also known as the PCL-191. Taiwan is set to receive all 29 Himars systems from its initial orders by the end of this year, with another 82 systems approved for purchase in a follow...
Dubai has been one of the most popular destinations for Israelis since UAE signed the Abraham Accords in 2020.
The push to emphasize Taiwanese identity is at odds with the government’s attempt to center the Republic of China in World War II history.
He is being hailed around the world as a hero for helping stop a passenger plane bound for Israel from plunging into the ground, despite his own severe injuries.
From Algeria to flydubai, hijackings have long plagued Israel (and the West) Haaretz
Israel's Netanyahu: Co-pilot of flydubai plane underwent radical Islamist indoctrination reuters.com
Plavsic pleaded guilty at a United Nations tribunal to persecution as a crime against humanity for her role in atrocities during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
Central Asia aligns rhetorically with Beijing and Moscow in regional group settings, materially with Washington in bilateral deals, and with no one in particular at the United Nations.
THE PHILIPPINE Coast Guard (PCG) deployed its biggest vessel and an aircraft on Thursday to stop a Chinese research ship allegedly conducting unauthorized marine scientific research (MSR) within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Batanes province near Taiwan. A Chinese Coast Guard vessel also intervened, PCG spokesman Jay Tristan Tarriela said in a Facebook post. BRP Teresa Magbanu...
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Egypt’s Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport, Kamel al-Wazir, commented on reports regarding an Israeli plan to establish an alternative waterway to the Suez Canal —widely referred to as the “Ben Gurion Canal.” Speaking during an interview on the Kalam Fi al-Siasa (Talks in Politics) program on the Extra News channel, Al-Wazir stated that Egypt...
The motive of the Omani copilot who stabbed his captain on a flight to Israel, causing the plane to plummet dangerously and forcing it to land in Saudi Arabia, remained unknown on Oct. 1, as investigators across the region raced to learn more.
New details about the pilot stabbing on a flight headed to Israel reveal the plane plummeted thousands of feet before passengers managed to take control. Senior Israeli and Saudi Officials briefed on the investigation saying the attack increasingly looks like an act of terrorism. NBC’s Matt Bradley reports and Tom Winter, who covers law and intelligence, joins TODAY with analysis on the investi...
International meetings attended by President Xi Jinping may appear to yield few concrete results, but Beijing is seeking broad, noncommittal support from as many countries as possible to cement its central role on the world stage.
Pakistan’s government is considering allowing power plants and private firms to directly import LNG procured on the spot market as the country has been struggling with an energy crisis since the Iran war crippled Qatar’s term supplies. Pakistan’s Energy Ministry has proposed easing the existing regulation to allow private companies to directly import LNG, a source with knowledge of the delibera...
MANILA — The Philippines’ coast guard said on Thursday that it has deployed its largest vessel and an aircraft to challenge a Chinese research ship operating off northern Batanes province near Taiwan, adding that a Chinese coast guard vessel had also moved in. The Philippine operation “disrupted the vessel’s unauthorized marine scientific research and compelled it to leave its loitering positio...
South Korea has demanded an apology from Ukraine, saying that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy breached a secrecy agreement in revealing that Kyiv had transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea.
Chinese automotive groups have cause to celebrate their go-global strategy amid breakneck export growth in recent years, with deliveries in 2026 expected to beat expectations already buoyed by an international energy shock caused by conflict in the Middle East. Leading carmakers from BYD to Chery Automobile have doubled down on overseas expansion, with some evolving into powerful contenders in ...
Philippines sends largest ship, aircraft to drive away Chinese vessel in waters near Taiwan Reuters
Iraq has drafted a plan to bring armed groups’ weapons under state control by June 2027, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said on Sept. 30, as the U.S.-led coalition concluded its military mission in the country.
RAF Fairford has been used as the U.S. Air Force's command outpost for operations from Europe and for American strikes on Iranian missile sites.
Netanyahu described a dramatic mid-flight struggle to control the flydubai plane after it plummeted 17,000 feet in the span of a minute. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cornerstone laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center at an abandon airport in East Jerusalem near the separation wall with the Israeli occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on July 5, 2026. (Photo ...
EXCLUSIVE: US sees Chinese invasion of Taiwan unlikely next year despite 2027 timeline, sources say Reuters
Taiwan plans $13 billion in extra energy spending given high global prices reuters.com
Hong Kong’s inaugural five-year plan highlighted its DNA as an international city while emphasising the market economy, the chief executive has said. Speaking at a National Day reception on Thursday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said the city needed a blueprint with strategic vision amid the rapidly changing geopolitical landscape and accelerated growth of artificial intelligence, as he hig...
A Chinese civilian research vessel has spent more than a week conducting operations in waters off the Philippines’ Batanes Islands, an area that has become a new geopolitical battleground as Beijing ramps up pressure against Manila-Tokyo delimitation efforts. Data recorded via the vessel’s Automatic Identification System (AIS) for September, tracked by MarineTraffic, revealed that the Jia Hai K...
Taiwan transfers naval commander to Coast Guard to boost deterrence against China Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will get to the "root" of the co-pilot who engaged in a foiled attempt to crash an Israel-bound flydubai flight.
China began its seven-day National Day holiday on Thursday after President Xi Jinping used his annual speech to sharpen Beijing's message on Taiwan.
The center north of Vientiane, a counterpart to a similar naval facility in Cambodia, marks a further extension of Beijing's security presence in mainland Southeast Asia.
Passengers on a Flydubai flight reached Israel safely on Wednesday, September 30, after customers and crew foiled a co-pilot’s attempt to crash the aircraft, Israeli officials said, in a struggle that began when he stabbed the pilot and sent the jet plunging nearly 14,000 feet in less than 30 seconds. Passengers and crew entered the cockpit, overpowered the co-pilot and enabled a second pair of...
Iran says it has received a U.S. counterproposal to the seven-day ceasefire plan that was rejected by the White House. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi has more.
A man who was among of group of passengers that subdued an attack Wednesday was welcomed by Israeli leaders when he returned to Israel later in the evening.
Passengers bravely rushed the cockpit to stop a co-pilot who had stabbed the pilot and was trying to crash a FlyDubai plane headed towards Tel Aviv. Israeli officials said the wounded pilot was able to press a button opening the cockpit door to let the passengers in. NBC News’ Matt Bradley reports.
At a hearing reviewing China’s compliance with its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments, a senior US trade official said Beijing was targeting entire industrial sectors for global dominance while retaining a non-market economic system. Terry McCartin, Assistant US Trade Representative (USTR) for China, Mongolia and Taiwan Affairs, said China’s anticompetitive behaviour posed a major chall...
Lyssna: Burnham om Fairford APP Storbritanniens premiärminister Andy Burnham säger att det finns tydliga tecken på iransk inblandning i händelserna vid den militära flygbasen Fairford i söndags, rapporterar BBC . Fem män greps misstänkta för att ha planerat ett terrordåd mot flygbasen, men släpptes senare mot borgen med strikta restriktioner. Iran förnekar all inblandning. Victor Lenken victor....
“I don’t deserve to die like this,” said one passenger on Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The motive of the cockpit stabbing remains unknown, officials said.
Gunmen attack bus in Homs province hours after a pipeline explosion knocked out three power plants near Damascus.
Three Syrian power plants out of service after gas pipeline explosion at Tishreen station - The Jordan News Agency وكالة الانباء الاردنية
‘Eastern Pearl’ first exercise of its type, with plans for more complex British-Irish co-operation amid Russian aggression
Displaced by war and shut out of formal jobs, young Sudanese are turning to art, small businesses, and entrepeneurship.
Passengers on a rescue flight arrived in Tel Aviv after the Flydubai plane they were on needed to make an emergency landing when a pilot stabbed his fellow pilot and tried to crash the flight, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. NBC News' Matt Bradley reports on the reaction at Ben Gurion Airport.
Andy Burnham's comments are the first official confirmation from UK authorities that Iran may have had a hand in the incident, which saw three white vans appearing to head towards RAF Fairford in the early hours of Sunday.
The British prime minister, Andy Burnham, said there were “strong indications” Iran played a part in the events at R.A.F. Fairford on Sunday, without providing details why.
Satellite imagery shows the new facility is built in part on a purported old US airstrip used during the Vietnam War.
UK says there are strong indications Iran played a part in a security incident at a US-run air base AP News
Saudi Arabia turned down Israeli request to allow its planes to pick up Israeli passengers, security sources say Reuters
US ceasefire plan for Sudan could lead to Libya-style partition, adviser says Reuters
Prime Minister Andy Burnham says U.K. authorities believe Iran "played a part" in the incident over the weekend at an air base used by the U.S. to launch strikes on Iran.
Benjamin Netanyahu says a commercial flight with 174 people on board bound for Tel Aviv had to divert to Saudi Arabia after one pilot stabbed the other and "apparently tried to crash the plane".
