Category: World

The UAE prosecutor general has ordered an investigation into the incident aboard flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, which was diverted and landed in Saudi Arabia after an altercation in the cockpit, the state news agency reported on Thursday. The investigation will examine the circumstances and motives, including whether it was linked to...

• Tehran says it looks forward to restoring Islamabad MoU • Official says both sides largely agree on required steps but still disagree about the order in which to take them • US withdrawal from Iraq hailed as historic win • Trump says ‘time to go home’ after ‘victory’ BAGHDAD: The Iranian government claimed to...

A UK probe into a suspected bomb plot at an airbase used by the United States was mired in confusion, as police said no explosives but a “quantity of petrol” was found in vehicles seized nearby. Police were called to the Royal Air Force Fairford base in southwest England on Sunday after a resident saw...

Malaysia began sending back around 1,500 Myanmar nationals Tuesday, AFP journalists saw, launching a scheme rights groups say may endanger migrants by returning them to the war-torn country. The batch is the first of 5,000 Myanmar citizens Kuala Lumpur says agreed to “voluntary” repatriation from detention centres amidst a huge uptick in anti-migrant sentiment in Malaysia. But advocacy organisations...

Standing water in Thailand’s capital is expected to clear within three days if there is no additional rainfall, the government said on Wednesday, as flag carrier Thai Airways struggled to resume regular services following heavy rain and flooding. The cabinet will discuss long-term plans to address flooding and recovery measures on Tuesday, government spokesperson Ekkapob...

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s designated Ambassador to Pakistan, Dr. Rajeh bin Tami Al-Buqmi, arrived in Islamabad on Saturday morning to take up his new diplomatic assignment. He was received at the airport by Saudi Chargé d’Affaires Naif bin Hamoud bin Malafekh and other officials of the Saudi Embassy in Islamabad. Dr. Al-Buqmi is scheduled to formally...

US President Donald Trump will follow up his summit with Xi Jinping by taking the Chinese leader on Friday to the US National Archives, where they are expected to stress views about the history and direction of ties between their countries. Thursday’s lavish state summit at the White House appeared heavy on symbolism but light on substance,...

A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump on Thursday to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying his ban on the three media outlets was likely unconstitutional. In a major setback for Trump in one of his biggest battles with the media, US District Judge Tim Kelly issued his order in a lawsuit that...

In her Gaza City apartment, Heba Arafat walks uphill across a living room slanted at a steep angle after Israeli airstrikes caused the building’s foundations to collapse, leaving the entire structure tilted. Like thousands of people in Gaza, Arafat chose to risk living in an apartment building damaged during nearly three years of Israel’s military...

A teenager opened fire outside their high school in western Turkiye on Tuesday, wounding 11 people before being detained by police, a minister said. The incident happened around 8am (10am PKT) in Turgutlu in the province of Manisa, near the western resort city of Izmir, the regional governor’s office said. School shootings are rare in...