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The UAE’s attorney general said the co-pilot of a flydubai flight to Israel had planned a “terrorist act” and used the cockpit’s emergency axe to attack the captain, the official UAE news agency WAM reported on Saturday.

Ethiopia and Eritrea broke diplomatic ties on Thursday, accusing each other of stoking internal conflicts as fighting continued in northern Ethiopia.

The family of Renee Good, an unarmed US citizen shot dead by an immigration agent during a sweeping federal crackdown, sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday, alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Friday that Israel would impose a “very heavy price” on any power behind the flydubai incident, without offering evidence that any country was responsible.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Wednesday said there were “strong indications” Iran was involved in suspicious activity at a UK airbase that triggered a major security incident this weekend.

A helicopter carrying six people crashed in Zimbabwe’s ‌Marondera rural area, ⁠east of Harare, on Wednesday, killing ⁠all on board, government spokesperson Nick Mangwana said on X.

A spokesperson for Prince Harry on Wednesday condemned as “extraordinarily reckless” two press photographers seen outside his children’s UK school.

An explosion was reported overnight at the headquarters of the Ethiopian army in the capital, Addis Ababa, diplomatic and security sources told AFP on Thursday.

Tennessee woman Christa Pike was in a hospital Thursday after authorities “failed” to carry out her execution, her lawyers said, with witnesses reporting the convicted murderer was breathing despite the injections intended to kill her.

For Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, hailed as a hero for averting a crash of a flydubai jet bound for Israel, aviation was never part of his childhood dreams.

Turkish authorities have seized a plane belonging to Iran’s Caspian Airlines in Istanbul over an alleged unpaid debt of 3.0 million euros ($3.4 million), media from both countries said on Tuesday.

Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his criminal prosecution of Donald Trump before Congress on Tuesday, decrying what he said were unprecedented attacks on the rule of law in Trump’s second term.

The co-pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv is believed to have stabbed the captain in a possible attempted “terror attack” on Wednesday, forcing the plane to divert to Saudi Arabia, where it landed safely, three Israeli officials said.

A flight bound for Israel from the United Arab Emirates was diverted to Saudi Arabia after transmitting emergency signals following a fight between the pilots, an Israeli official said on Wednesday.

The United States said on Monday that it has no plans to sell arms to China, after a US envoy said President Donald Trump asked Xi Jinping if he would like to buy American weapons.

President Donald Trump’s administration asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to let it enforce a ‌policy restricting gender-affirming care for transgender inmates in federal prisons, part ⁠of his crackdown on the rights of transgender people.

Youth frustration fuels calls to prevent Ruto from winning a second term, even as opposition splits strengthen his prospects for 2027, write Guyo Turi and Willis Okumu in ISS Today.

Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Monday the United States would be forced to leave the Middle East after suffering “painful blows”, according to a statement carried by state television.

Brazil’s President ⁠Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday baned online betting operations and unveiled a ⁠new debt relief program aimed at households, moves which comes ahead of lections next month.

A senior member of ‌Congo’s ruling party was beaten to death after taking part in a radio programme to raise ‌awareness about the Ebola outbreak, a ⁠party representative said on Monday.