Flydubai co-pilot attacked pilot with axe, attempted 'terrorist' attack, UAE says
The co-pilot attacked the pilot inside the cockpit with an axe and attempted to take control of the aircraft, the prosecutor general said.
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Co-pilot on flydubai flight 'attempted to carry out terrorist act', UAE's attorney general says | The National
Co-pilot used crash axe to attack pilot before attempting to take control of aircraft, UAE investigation reveals
· The National
World Rugby has a year to sort out this farce
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· Paul Cully
‘Better than expected’: 73,800 subdivided flats apply for 3-year grace period
More than 73,000 owners of subdivided flats in Hong Kong have applied for a three-year grace period to meet the government’s minimum standards, a figure the housing chief has described as “better than expected”. Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin said on Saturday that authorities received around 73,800 applica…
· Lo Hoi-ying
‘Better than expected’: 73,800 subdivided flats apply for 3-year grace period
Landlords who applied between March and August qualified for a waiver of HK$3,000 in recognition fees per subdivided flat until February 2029.
· Lo Hoi-ying
UAE prosecutor general says flydubai co-pilot 'attempted terrorist attack'
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· Middleeasteye
Lee Woo-seok wins gold in men's individual recurve, his 2nd gold at Asian Games
South Korea's Lee Woo-seok captured the men's individual title in recurve archery at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, collecting his second gold medal following the team event. Lee defeated Junya Nakanishi of Japan by the set score of 6-2 in the men's individual recurve final at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park …
· Yonhap
Israeli strikes target Bani Haiyyan town in southern Lebanon
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· Middleeasteye
Flydubai co-pilot stabbed captain with crash axe in ‘terrorist’ attack: UAE
Probe under way to determine 'all the circumstances', including motive, UAE's prosecutor general says.
Mainland Chinese arrivals in first 2 days of ‘golden week’ holiday top 2018 total
Mainland Chinese visitor arrivals in Hong Kong during the first two days of the National Day “golden week” surpassed the pre-pandemic total for the same period in 2018, as a catering sector representative reported a 10 per cent year-on-year increase in restaurant receipts. The tourism chief expressed confidence on S…
· Kristen Cheung
Mainland Chinese arrivals in first 2 days of ‘golden week’ holiday top 2018 total
Hong Kong recorded 511,311 arrivals, topping the 2018 total of 508,578, as tourism chief Rosanna Law says the city could hit its 53.8m annual target early.
· Kristen Cheung
Russia strikes second major bridge in Kyiv, mayor says
The strike on the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge comes after repeat attacks on another major bridge in Ukraine's capital.
· Bbcnews
Gulf nations urged to form ecological union as study suggest Iran war caused 'unprecedented' damage | The National
Efforts to safeguard mangroves, seagrass and corals are needed, scientists say
· Daniel Bardsley
Gulf nations urged to tackle 'unprecedented' environmental damage from Iran war | The National
Efforts to safeguard mangroves, seagrass and corals are needed, scientists say
· Daniel Bardsley
Essendon claims breakthrough AFLW victory against GWS
Essendon has come from behind to beat GWS by eight points and claim its first win of the AFLW season, with midfielder Madison Prespakis starring.
Saints hit rock bottom, Essendon claim breakthrough AFLW victory
St Kilda were 90 seconds from failing to score in their AFLW clash against the Western Bulldogs, as Essendon's first win of the year leaves the Saints as the only winless team in the league.
Shark returns to Busan waterway after second rescue bid fails
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· Ahn Sung-mi
Wolf Foundation, Herzog announce 2026 Wolf Prize Laureates in medicine, physics, chemistry, math
President Isaac Herzog and Acting Chair of the Wolf Foundation Council, Prof. Osnat Luxenburg, announced the eight Wolf Prize winners at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
US-led initiative tightens efforts to block weapons from reaching Iran, stop nuclear proliferation
The US and its partners said they would strengthen intelligence sharing to prevent Iran from acquiring or transferring technology linked to the development of weapons of mass destruction.
· IDAN KWELLER
How rapist priest exploited charisma to abuse his 'cult-like' congregation
Chris Brain, who led nightclub-style services in the 1980s and 90s, is convicted of rape.
· Bbcnews
What is Zionism and why do some critics describe it as racist?
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· Peterbeaumont
Unsung Eats: 5 best places to eat in Milan during the World’s 50 Best Bars awards
Milan, Italy’s fashion capital and home to this year’s World’s 50 Best Bars awards ceremony, offers bites as exquisite as its reputation. For those checking out the awards this month, be sure to make time for the city’s food scene, which is every bit as compelling as its bar culture. Alongside traditional trattorias…
· Doris Lam
Hong Kong Airport Authority to reshape 11 Skies as a high-end tourism landmark
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· Cannix Yau
Hong Kong Airport Authority to reshape 11 Skies as a high-end tourism landmark
Transport chief Mable Chan says the project will align with the Airport City development, aiming to create an entertainment hub with minimal public investment.
· Cannix Yau
G20 countries divided over US call to curb excess industrial capacity
A “handful” of Group of 20 trade ministers rejected US calls to curb excess industrial capacity and “non-market” policies, the US Trade Representative’s office said on Friday, exposing divisions within the group of major economies. The US, this year’s G20 chair, issued the statement a day after a trade meeting in M…
· Reuters
G20 countries divided over US call to curb excess industrial capacity
The US call for cooperation to eliminate goods produced with forced labour from supply chains drew support from only Mexico and Argentina.
· Reuters
SSS urges members to take advantage of new digital microloan facility
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· Arlie O. Calalo
FOMO and 4am wake-up call get Pallister in the ocean
Lani Pallister won four gold medals and booked her spot at the world short course championships in Sydney this week, but that didn't stop her from flying to Queensland to win the Bluff to Bar ocean race.
· Simon Smale
Former GOP Rep. David Rivera sentenced to 10 years in prison for secret Venezuela lobbying
A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on Venezuela’s behalf during the first Trump administration.
· Associated Press
Iran gearing up for 'major round of fighting' with US, source says | The National
Third aircraft carrier strike group heading to Middle East
· Mohamad Ali Harisi
Yemen's Houthis set to face costly battle for control of Taiz, stronghold of the anti-rebel resistance | The National
Officials predict formidable challenge in city that has endured years of fighting, hunger and siege
· Mina Aldroubi
Yemen's Houthis face costly battle for control of Taiz, stronghold of anti-rebel resistance | The National
Officials predict formidable challenge in city that has endured years of fighting, hunger and siege
· Mina Aldroubi
Highway potholes puncture tyres after Victoria's latest bout of rain
Large sharp-edged potholes have opened up along Victorian roads and highways after heavy rain across the state since Friday.
· Lily Kristanto
Gaza voters want jobs and security as Palestinian elections approach
Ahead of first Palestinian national elections in 20 years, people in Gaza hope to rebuild after Israeli destruction.
· Lina Ghassan Abu Zayed
Newcastle Knights fans have been hit by a car — here's what we know
Ten people have been injured — two of them critically — by a car that ploughed into a crowd gathered for the Newcastle Knights grand final procession. Here's what we know.
S. Korea's Choi Ji-un wins gold in boy's dinghy sailing at Asian Games
South Korea's teenage sailor Choi Ji-un won the gold medal in the boys' dinghy event in sailing at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, becoming the youngest gold medalist in the country's delegation. Choi finished first in the event's final at Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor in Gamagori, some 50 kilometers southeast …
· Yonhap
North Korea launches ballistic missile after Seoul demands apology over wounded soldiers
Pyongyang fires towards sea a day after Kim Jong-un sister denounces South Korea for claiming North’s mines wounded South’s soldiers in DMZNorth Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea on Saturday, South Korea and Japan said, a day after it rejected Seoul’s accusation of its mines wounding soldiers.The mis…
· Reuters
Trump announces $90 checks for 20 million ‘wonderful seniors’ to help cover Medicare premiums
Eligible Medicare Part B enrollees will receive the one-time payment via direct deposit or check.
· Ella Morrison
S. Korea misses out on medals in women's golf individual, team events
South Korea missed the podium in both the individual and team events in women's golf at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday. Yang Yun-seo was the top performing South Korean, as she finished alone in fourth place at seven-under 273, seven strokes behind the bronze medalist, Shannon Xuan Yin Tan of Singapore, at…
· Yonhap
AI’s race to transform the world before the money runs out
Assumptions about future profits are driving the AI rush, but economists say there is little evidence to suggest the technology is sure to deliver.
· Stephen Eisenhammer
Gaza aid delay causes chronic shortage of medical supplies, WHO says
Gaza aid delay causes chronic shortage of medical supplies, WHO says Getting humanitarian aid through Israel into Gaza is layered with "delay after delay", the World Health Organisation said Friday, as it decried "chronic shortages" of medical supplies. Reinhilde Van de Weerdt, the WHO's representative in the Palest…
· Middleeasteye
Half of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll finds
Exclusive: Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain waryAndy Burnham’s personal preference to rejoin the European Union after the next election is supported by almost half of all voters, a new megapoll has found, although cabinet ministers concerned about …
· Pippacrerar, Rowena Mason
Manchester City’s guilty verdict brings football’s great sell-off crashing to earth
On the day Andy Burnham spoke of the wrong turn Britain took under Thatcher, football was facing a day of reckoning over its own story of corporate acquisitionIt was somehow fitting that Tuesday’s damning ruling against Manchester City landed in the heart of the Labour party conference, in the afterglow of Andy Burn…
‘Elon is my prophet’: how Musk’s Doge team took a wrecking ball to Washington
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· Michael Lewis
Verity is the latest Colleen Hoover novel to get a film adaptation
From Misery to Yellowface, books and films about writers are favourites among the authors who pen them, but audiences love them too. Enter Verity, the latest film adapted from a Colleen Hoover novel.
· Mawunyo Gbogbo
Takreem Foundation supports Lebanese children at 15th anniversary awards event | The National
Recognition must extend beyond celebrating individual success, says founder Ricardo Karam, at ceremony in Paris
· Sunniva Rose
America’s data center fight is a preview of what's to come for the rest of the world
America’s fight over data centers is going global. Communities across Europe and Asia are pushing back over the rising costs of the AI infrastructure boom.
· April Roach, Jenny Lee
WHO warns of ‘devastating consequences’ due to delayed aid entry into Gaza
The WHO's representative in Palestine calls on Israeli authorities to 'release the pressure on medical supplies'.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Flydubai plane attack: co-pilot previously barred from flying by Oman over extremist views
The Flydubai co-pilot who officials said nearly crashed a Tel Aviv-bound flight with 182 people aboard was barred from flying by his native Oman over concerns he had adopted extremist views, a person familiar with the matter said on Saturday. The co-pilot has been identified as Hamam al-Hammami, according to three p…
· Associated Press
Flydubai plane attack: co-pilot previously barred from flying by Oman over extremist views
The UAE has cancelled all flights to Israel, complicating travel for hundreds of passengers who fly between the countries on a typical day.
· Associated Press