By Tarek Amara TUNIS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Wednesday eased penalties under a cybercrime decree that human rights groups had said was designed to muzzle dissent. The move marks a rare retreat by Saied since he consolidated control over much of
By Alexander Cornwell and Joanna Plucinska Sept 30 (Reuters) - Israel is set to ramp up security checks on pilots flying into the country, a spokesperson for the prime minister's office said, after it said a co-pilot on a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv had stabbed the pilot and
By Alexander Cornwell and Lina Obeid JERUSALEM, Sept 30 - When flydubai flight FZ1073 suddenly plunged from over 30,000 feet on Wednesday, passenger Almog Italie said it felt like the plane was passing through "massive turbulence" before he realised a life-or-death struggle had
Prime Minister Andy Burnham made these remarks after the five suspects involved in the Fairford air base incident were released on bail, and after the U.S. secretary of state also pointed at 'a foreign actor'
Prime Minister Andy Burnham made these remarks after the five suspects involved in the Fairford air base incident were released on bail, and after the U.S. secretary of state also pointed at 'a foreign actor'
Iran said it received an American response on its ceasefire proposal, as it urged Americans to vote against Trump's candidates in the upcoming midterm elections and amidst U.S. withdrawl from their remaining bases in neighbouring Iraq
Turkish prosecutors have moved to freeze the assets of a senior governing party official and former minister who resigned at the weekend over allegations she profited from an investment fund crisis. The move involved the assets of Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya, a senior figure in
The flight carrying 174 passengers was en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv when an incident in the cockpit prompted an emergency landing.
The court-ordered seizure at Istanbul Airport comes as Iranian carriers face mounting pressure from sweeping new US aviation sanctions.
By Khalid Abdelaziz Sept 30 (Reuters) - A US ceasefire proposal to pause Sudan's civil war could push the country towards a Libya-style partition in its current form, a top adviser to Sudan's army-led authorities told Reuters, in some of the strongest criticism by a Sudanese
LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia turned down a request by Israel to allow its planes to bring back Israeli passengers from a flydubai flight that made an emergency landing in the kingdom, two security sources said on Wednesday. The request was made to allow Israeli
By Angelo Amante ROME, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Italy's Democratic Party did not take part in a parliamentary committee vote on Wednesday on a highly contested bill against antisemitism, highlighting divisions on the left over a law seen as potentially curbing criticism of Israel. A
Hundreds of Israelis marched Wednesday between newly rebuilt settlements in the northern West Bank to celebrate a Jewish holiday, a symbolic show of their return to an area until recently almost fully Palestinian. Settlers of all ages carried traditional bundles of fruit and
In 1968, the PFLP hijacked an El Al flight from Rome to Tel Aviv, marking the first political hijacking of an aircraft tied to the Middle East.
Manchester City face an uncertain future after being found guilty of more than 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules in a bombshell verdict that former player Mic
An Iranian woman sentenced to death over protests earlier this year has begged the international community to save her life and others facing the death penalty, according to an audio message from prison shared by rights groups on Wednesday. The plea by Mahboubeh Shahbani, 33,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the pilot of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight had tried to crash the plane and kill its passengers, after the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Passengers gave a similar account of
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that one of the pilots of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight had tried to crash the plane and kill its passengers, after the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Passengers gave a similar
LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Britain has "strong indications" that Iran was involved in a suspected plot against a British airbase used by US forces to strike Iran, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Wednesday. In an incident which triggered a huge police response, raised
By Alexander Cornwell, Rami Amichay and Lina Obeid JERUSALEM, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The co-pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv tried to crash the plane after stabbing the pilot, but passengerssubdued him while other pilots landed the plane safely in Saudi Arabia, Israeli
With 100 Israeli nationals among the 174 passengers, the country's security agencies initially feared the plane had been hijacked, according to a report.
Sept 30 (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi received US feedback via Qatari mediators in Doha on Tuesday on a seven-day plan aimed at building trust between Washington and Tehran, with sequencing the main sticking point, an official, who was not Iranian butwas
By Ahmed Rasheed DUBAI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - US forces are set to withdraw on Wednesday from their last bases in Iraq, a departure celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies, which have deep influence in the country where 4,500 Americans died during more than two decades of
By Ahmed Rasheed, Jana Choukeir and Andrew Mills BAGHDAD/DUBAI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Iran said on Wednesday it had received a US response to its latest proposal to resurrect the collapsed ceasefire in the Gulf, days after President Donald Trump said he had rejected it. Iran's
A mass attack by Israeli settlers on a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank has placed new focus on the emergence of a generation of radicals in the territory. A loosely connected movement of hardline Israeli settlers, most of them young and including school dropouts
A US-led coalition deployed in Iraq more than a decade ago to fight jihadists concluded its mission on Wednesday, a move celebrated by the country's leaders, but which many fear will embolden pro-Iran armed factions. Coalition troops deployed to Iraq and Syria in 2014 to fight
The dispute comes as Mohammed Dahlan, a rival of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, seeks to form a broad slate that could include figures associated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Marwan Barghouti, jailed in Israel on terror charges, could lead it
