Indian Pilot Stabbed on FlyDubai Flight Recalls Sudden Attack
Capt. Smit Machchhar in a photo released by Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
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A Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against Europe
A Latvian guard patrols the border with Belarus. Migrants have streamed into Latvia, many through considerable border defenses, cutting gaps in fencing or burrowing under it.
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China’s Push into A.I. Has Led to a Problem: Too Much Usage
The Chinese government is imposing regulations on the use of A.I. apps and chatbots out of concern that the technology could interfere with human relationships and undermine social order.
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Russia Is Planning Its Most Powerful Blow Yet to Try to Freeze Ukraine
Overlooking the Dnipro River before the autumn and winter period in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Oil Flows Are Up, but Iran Is Still Menacing the Strait of Hormuz
Ships in the Persian Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, in July. Oil exports from the Middle East have rebounded in recent weeks.
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Airlines Set to Bring Israelis Back From U.A.E. After FlyDubai Cockpit Attack
Israeli carriers in Cyprus in 2025. Two Israeli airlines, Israir and Arkia, said Friday that they had obtained “the required permissions” to land at Dubai’s airport.
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Investigators Seek Motive for FlyDubai Cockpit Attack
A FlyDubai plane carrying Israeli passengers who had earlier been aboard another FlyDubai aircraft forced to make an emergency landing after a cockpit attack.
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UK-Iranian Man Arrested in Connection to RAF Fairford Air Base Incident
Concrete barriers were in place by the R.A.F. Fairford main entrance on Thursday in Fairford, England.
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Canada’s Proposed Oil Pipeline Offers Carney Relief From Domestic and Global Turmoil
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada speaking about an oil pipeline planned to connect distribution points in Alberta to ports in British Columbia on Thursday in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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Nigerian Charged With Running Fake Government Agency
Adeniyi Adeyemi, center, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday.
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Egypt Arrests 6 Matsaddash Journalists on Claims of Spreading Disinformation
The Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo, which was the center of a Muslim Brotherhood protest in 2013.
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American University of Afghanistan at Risk of Closure Amid Funding Cuts
A graduation ceremony at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul in 2019.
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Russia to Sharply Increase War Spending and Cut Social Programs
A Russian military recruitment poster in Moscow says “Who, if not you.” Russia intends to spend more than $200 billion on its military in 2027, a sharp increase.
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Finnish Lawmakers Report Suspicious Home Break-Ins
The Finnish Parliament building in Helsinki. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said that it was “very possible” there was a foreign actor behind the suspected home entries, the national broadcaster reported.
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Russia’s Latest Propaganda? A.I.-Generated War Songs.
Russian society is becoming increasingly militaristic since the war in Ukraine began. These soldiers marched in Moscow in a parade in 2023.
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Mike Smith, Bubbles on ‘Trailer Park Boys,’ Has Sexual Assault Charge Dismissed
Mike Smith in 2014. A sexual assault charge against Mr. Smith, who plays Bubbles in the Canadian mockumentary series “Trailer Park Boys,” was dismissed on Thursday. He had pleaded not guilty.
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A Climate Change Rebrand
Richmond Park, London, in August.
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2 passengers who helped thwart the FlyDubai attack add details in a TV interview.
Asaf Rajuan, right, arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport on Wednesday. He and a fellow passenger gave an interview on Israeli television about a struggle in the cockpit with a pilot who attacked his colleague.
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FlyDubai Under Scrutiny After Cockpit Attack
A passenger raises his arms in relief as he walks through the domestic arrivals doors with his dog and luggage at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
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Israelis Take Pride in Bravery of Passengers Who Saved FlyDubai Flight
Passengers at the arrivals terminal after landing at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
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The Boeing 737 Max 8 stayed intact despite the enormous stress of its plunge.
A FlyDubai airplane landing at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Wednesday. The Boeing 737 Max 8, whose cockpit devolved into carnage on Wednesday, withstood a rapid decrease in altitude.
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Investigators Seek to Determine How a Weapon Entered FlyDubai Cockpit
A FlyDubai jet on Wednesday near Tel Aviv at Ben Gurion International Airport, where passengers on the disrupted flight were flown after an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
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Israeli Politicians Trade Barbs Over FlyDubai Attack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in a tight race for his political future, with national elections this month that are widely seen as the most consequential in the country’s history.
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Trump’s Threat to Ban Diesel Exports Sets Off Global Alarms
Workers unloading produce in Manila, where soaring global diesel prices are driving up transport costs and pushing everyday food prices out of reach for consumers.
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5 Passengers on FlyDubai Flight to Receive Israel’s Award for Heroism
Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayoun, with blood stains on his shirt, is welcomed at the arrivals gate at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Wednesday
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Swiss Glaciers Vanished by Nearly a Fifth in Recent Years, Scientists Say
Matthias Huss, the head of the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network, holding a poll showing how much ice has melted over the past year at the Scex Rouge glacier, Switzerland, last month.
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How fraught Middle East geopolitics could complicate the FlyDubai investigation.
A replacement plane lands in Israel after carrying passengers who were on a FlyDubai flight that was diverted to Saudi Arabia after a clash between its pilots, on Wednesday.
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Britain and France Give Up Landmark Migrant Agreement
Migrants on a dinghy in the English Channel near the coast of northern France in September.
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Hong Kong Journalist Arrested After Covering Gathering Linked to 2019 Protests
Riot police officers clashing with protesters in Hong Kong in 2019. Tang Ho-wing covered a gathering that marked the anniversary of the storming of Prince Edward station by riot police.
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One Issue Hanging Over Brazil’s Presidential Election: Online Gambling and Record-High Debts
A storefront offering personal loans in Niteroi, Brazil. Brazil is grappling with widespread household indebtedness, fueled by a combination of easy credit, the rapid expansion of legal and illegal online betting, and instant digital payments that have made borrowing, gambling and spending faster and easier.
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Japan Raises Residency Fees 2,000 Percent Amid ‘Anxiety’ Over Foreigners
Tourists in April in Fujiyoshida, Japan, in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in April.
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Who Is Captain Smit Machchhar, the Pilot Hailed as a Hero After FlyDubai Cockpit Stabbing?
A photograph provided by the Israeli government shows Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot, in an undated handout image released on Wednesday.
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FlyDubai Passenger Who Helped Subdue Pilot Describes Stabbing Attack in Cockpit
Passengers of the FlyDubai flight walking out of the terminal at Ben Gurion Airport in Tzafria, Israel, on Wednesday.
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Driver Strikes 4 People Outside a Mall in British Columbia, Killing 2, Police Say
At least two people were killed near Delta, British Columbia, on Wednesday when a driver lost control of a vehicle and crashed into a crowd during an event observing the past suffering of Indigenous people in Canada.
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UK Believes Iran Played a Part in RAF Fairford Air Base Incident, Burnham Says
Outside the R.A.F. Fairford base in southwest England on Monday. Mr. Burnham said there was an “ongoing, complex and serious police investigation,” and that Britain was working closely with the United States.
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Panic and Heroics on FlyDubai Flight: ‘We Felt That This Was It’
Passengers from FlyDubai Flight 1073 at the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Airport in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.
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Eiffel Tower Chief Resigns After Female Staff Moved for Hindu Group’s Visit
The Eiffel Tower in May. Staff at the landmark went on strike over a decision to sideline female employees during a group’s tour.
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FlyDubai Flight to Israel Diverted After Clash Between Pilots: What We Know and Don’t Know
Passengers of a FlyDubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia were welcomed at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel on Wednesday.
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Israel and Saudi Arabia don’t have formal ties, but Israelis have occasionally landed there.
The airport in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday where a FlyDubai flight made an emergency landing.
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FlyDubai Provides Key Link for Israeli Air Travelers
The first FlyDubai commercial flight from Dubai arrives at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel on Nov. 26, 2020.
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Passenger Describes Chaos Aboard FlyDubai Flight
Security vehicles outside Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Airport in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.
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American Forces Withdraw From Iraq 23 Years After Invading
In March 2003, a statue of Saddam Hussein was still standing near a communications center in Baghdad that had been bombed two days earlier. A month later, the statue would be downed as well.
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After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future
A giant Iraqi flag hung from the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul’s old city on Tuesday. With the end of Operation Inherent Resolve, the last of the 2,500 U.S. forces stationed in Iraq this year are now gone.
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In Fractious France, Politicians Agree on One Thing: Pope Leo Was a Hit
Pope Leo XIV, riding down Avenue des Champs-Élysées on Saturday. The crowds were a striking display of reverence from a proudly secular country.
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U.S. Suspends Consular Services in Brazil on Eve of Elections
Swedish Company Uses A.I. Likeness of Greta Garbo in Ad
A Flashy Zimbabwean Tycoon Who Befriended Presidents Dies in Crash
Take a Historic Stroll Down Oxford Street, London’s Shopping Artery
U.S. Bond Yields Hit Highest Level Since 2002
The U.S. Departs Iraq
A Bloody Attack on a FlyDubai Plane Headed to Israel, and a Terrifying Plunge
Hundreds Detained in France as Some Student Protests Turn Violent