What to know about the terrifying FlyDubai flight forced to land in Saudi Arabia One pilot stabbed another and attempted to crash a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel, according to Israel's prime minister. Passengers, many of them Israelis, feared for their lives as the FlyDubai aircraft lost half its altitude in about …
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the Indian pilot who was wounded in an altercation with his copilot who allegedly tried to crash a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight on Wednesday. "My salute to the Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his extraordinary bravery. Despite being stabbed and seriously injured, he fought back... preventing a catastrophic …
Kyauktaw: A military airstrike on a market in western Myanmar killed 33 people on Monday and wounded 36 more, a rebel faction which controls the area said in a statement. The Arakan Army said the death toll of the strike around midday (0530 GMT) on a market and adjacent bridge in Kyauktaw town of Rakhine …
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit the US from September 29 to October 5 to attend a G20 meeting in Milwaukee and hold discussions with United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on advancing talks for the bilateral trade agreement, an official statement said on Monday. He will participate in the G20 …
Frankfurt:A Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Lisbon was diverted to Lyon in France after a passenger's powerbank battery caught fire, the airline said. The incident happened on Saturday while the Airbus A321-200 carrying 198 passengers was heading to the Portuguese capital. A Lufthansa spokesperson said the crew immediately secured the battery in a protective bag …
A vessel carrying traders capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Congo , killing at least 12 and leaving dozens missing, authorities said Sunday. The vessel was carrying more than 50 people when it capsized on Saturday night on Idjwi Island, in South Kivu province, said Félix Habiragi, chief of the village of Kisheke near the …
A powerful nor’easter has knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses in the US Northeast, grounding hundreds of flights and prompting state leaders to declare emergencies. Two weekend concerts by pop star Ed Sheeran at Gillette Stadium outside Boston were canceled as a precaution. High winds battered the coast from Delaware to Massachusetts …
New York: The US-India trade deal is close to completion and could take bilateral relations to a new level, a senior US State Department official has said. The two countries were “90 per cent-plus there”, with only a few final issues being worked out, the official said. “I hope you’re going to see something very …
Washington: Eight sailors attempted suicide while deployed with the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, which spent a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war, the Navy's top civilian leader said this week. Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao provided the information to Sen Kirsten Gillibrand in a letter dated Tuesday after the …
London: With diesel prices hitting records ahead of the US midterm elections, President Donald Trump has expressed support for a ban on diesel exports, but analysts warn the move could drive up wider fuel prices. Why Trump wants a ban Average diesel prices have struck record highs in recent weeks, pushing US prices to a …
