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Defense Minister Israel Katz says attacker intended to crash Israel-bound jet as investigators examine dramatic cockpit stabbing and emergency diversion to Saudi Arabia Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday described the violent cockpit incident aboard a Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv as an “attempted jihadist terrorist attack,” as authorities investigate an extraordinary midair emergency in which one pilot allegedly stabbed another before the aircraft rapidly

Flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv plunged thousands of feet as an altercation erupted in the cockpit, triggering emergency signals and fears of a possible hijacking An Israel-bound Flydubai passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after a violent confrontation erupted inside the cockpit, sending the aircraft into a rapid descent and prompting an immediate regional security response. Flydubai Flight FZ1073 was traveling from Dubai Internat

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for one of the most consequential diplomatic meetings of his second term, with the two leaders confronting disputes over trade, artificial intelligence, critical minerals, Taiwan and Beijing’s relationship with Iran. Xi arrived in Washington on Wednesday with his wife, Peng Liyuan, and was personally greeted at Joint Base Andrews by Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. Th

NEW YORK — President Donald J. Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly this week, placing the war in Ukraine back at the center of American diplomacy as Washington weighs how to pressure Moscow, support Kyiv and protect broader U.S. strategic interests. The White House confirmed that Trump held a bilateral meeting with Zelenskyy on September 22 during the 81st session of the U.N. General Assembly in New Yo

NEW YORK — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stood before the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday and delivered a forceful defense of Tehran, accusing the United States and Israel of aggression and portraying Iran as a victim rather than an aggressor in the ongoing Middle East conflict. But there was another story unfolding around his speech — one that said something important about America itself. Pezeshkian was able to make his case before the world from New York

WASHINGTON — Iran has claimed responsibility for striking a commercial tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, escalating a confrontation that increasingly threatens not only American interests but one of the most important shipping corridors in the global economy. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it attacked the Togo-flagged tanker Trend during the night of September 17-18 after accusing the vessel of attempting an unauthorized passage through the strait. The Associated

ISLAMABAD — Fourteen newborn babies died inside one of Pakistan's most prominent government hospitals after a devastating nursery fire, igniting national outrage and confronting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government with a brutal question: How could some of the country's most vulnerable patients be allowed to die inside a major federal medical institution in the nation's capital? The August 26 fire ripped through the nursery at the Mother and Child Health Centre of the P

WASHINGTON — U.S. Patriot interceptor stocks positioned in Europe have fallen to what officials describe as “beyond critical” levels as Washington redirects scarce missile-defense resources toward the war with Iran, exposing a serious weakness in NATO’s European defenses — but not evidence that America itself has run out of Patriots. That distinction matters. The Associated Press reports that the shortage is centered on U.S. Patriot interceptors in Europe, where available inv

A catastrophic glacier collapse in the Himalayas has unleashed massive floods and mudslides across the Nepal-China border region, killing more than 360 people and leaving more than 1,300 missing as rescue crews race against damaged roads, unstable terrain and the threat of further flooding. The disaster struck Wednesday after a huge mass of ice and debris broke loose near the border, sending a wall of water and mud downstream through communities in Nepal and Tibet. Buildings

KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine, the United States and European partners have developed a compact new framework aimed at creating a possible path toward ending Russia’s war, with a ceasefire proposal at the center of the emerging diplomatic effort. Zelenskiy said Ukrainian, American and European officials have prepared a one-page document containing ideas that could ultimately be presented to Moscow. Among the proposals are a ceasefire and a previo

Iran on Monday denied that it has formally been invited to join the newly created Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, pushing back against reports that Tehran was considering membership in a security bloc established this month by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan. The dispute over whether an invitation exists comes as the three-nation defense arrangement begins attracting wider attention across the Middle East. The agreement was signed in Mecca on August 7 by Saudi Crown Prince M

LONDON — Iran-linked hackers reportedly succeeded in forcing a British power plant offline for four days, transforming years of warnings about Tehran’s cyber capabilities into a disturbing example of real-world disruption against Western energy infrastructure. The attack reportedly struck a small British generating facility last month. The plant has not been publicly identified, but British officials confirmed that a small-scale energy generator was affected and said the inci

WASHINGTON DC — A strike in the Caspian Sea has opened another dangerous chapter in the widening geopolitical confrontation surrounding Russia’s war in Ukraine, with Iran now demanding compensation from Kyiv after an Iranian vessel was hit last month. The dispute centers on a July 25 Ukrainian strike against shipping in the Caspian Sea. Ukraine initially announced attacks against two Russian vessels that it said were carrying military cargo from Iran. Tehran subsequently said

Abu Dhabi’s sweeping trade and financial suspension threatens one of Tehran’s most important economic gateways as tensions flare again around the Strait of Hormuz ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — For years, the commercial relationship between the United Arab Emirates and Iran survived sanctions, political hostility, regional rivalries and even open warfare. On Wednesday, that relationship hit a wall. The United Arab Emirates announced that it was suspending all trade, commer

President Donald Trump delivered a blunt message to Tehran this week, declaring that the United States now holds a decisive military and economic “stranglehold” over Iran, underscoring what he described as overwhelming American strength in the region. Posting on Truth Social, Trump compared the U.S. naval presence in the Strait of Hormuz to a “wall of steel,” emphasizing that Iran is effectively boxed in by American power. The strategic waterway—one of the most critical oil t

Leaders of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan on Friday signed a trilateral military pact under which an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be treated as an attack on all three. The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement was formalized in the holy city of Mecca by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The deal builds on existing bilateral defense ties, including a prior mutual defens

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey have signed a landmark mutual defense agreement that significantly reshapes the Middle East's security landscape as Iran-backed Houthi forces intensify missile and drone attacks against Saudi-linked military and civilian targets. The agreement, signed during a high-level meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, establish

A review of China’s semiconductor breakthroughs in 2026 reveals a critical shift in the AI technology landscape. ChangXin Memory Technologies’ listing became a landmark event, followed by a marked adjustment across global semiconductor stocks. Reports that China had begun mass-producing domestically developed immersion deep-ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machines—and that Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 had entered the front rank of large AI models—were accompanied by a sharp pullback i

In a stunning display of ideological derangement that should alarm every American who values the rule of law and U.S. sovereignty, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has doubled down on his deranged campaign to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested during the upcoming UN General Assembly in September. This isn’t governance—it’s performative extremism from a far-left Democratic Socialist who has turned the nation’s largest city into a playground for anti-Isra

The United States has expanded its military campaign against Iran by destroying what U.S. officials identified as a key Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) maritime surveillance tower overlooking one of the world's most strategically important waterways. According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), American forces on Thursday struck and destroyed the surveillance tower at Shahid Kalantari Port in Chabahar, located on Iran's Gulf of Oman coastline. CENTCOM stated the faci