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Israeli PM hails Indian pilot wounded in diverted flydubai flight

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Israeli PM hails Indian pilot wounded in diverted flydubai flight

File image of Captain Smit Machchhar. Photo: X/@IsraelMFA Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the Indian Captain Smit Machchhar, who was wounded in an altercation with his copilot who allegedly tried to crash a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight on Wednesday (September 30, 2026). Describing him as a “true hero”, Mr. Netanyahu said that “despite being stabbed…

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Japan forms first national intelligence agency, eyes its own CIA

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Japan forms first national intelligence agency, eyes its own CIA

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has announced that her government will introduce its first national intelligence strategy that may ultimately lead to the creation of an external intelligence agency of Japan in the line of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States of America….

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India-Myanmar defence dialogue to be held in Northeast amid border security concerns

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India-Myanmar defence dialogue to be held in Northeast amid border security concerns

“The meeting will be chaired by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and his Myanmar counterpart, who is expected to arrive in India with a delegation for the talks,” an official said. File | Photo Credit: PIB via PTI India and Myanmar will hold their key defence cooperation dialogue in the Northeast for the first time,…

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Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry claims forces killed 41 insurgents crossing from Pakistan

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Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry claims forces killed 41 insurgents crossing from Pakistan

Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry says its forces have killed more than 40 fighters it described as insurgents who crossed into the country from neighbouring Pakistan, and captured dozens more over three days amid repeated clashes along the tense border. The insurgents included members of the Islamic State group, the Ministry said in a statement issued late…

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Trump to unveil $200 billion investment in U.S. projects by South Korea, White House says

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Trump to unveil 0 billion investment in U.S. projects by South Korea, White House says

U.S. President Donald Trump. File picture | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump will announce on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) plans for South Korea ‌to invest $200 billion in U.S. projects, including $54 billion to build the long-planned Alaska liquefied natural ​gas project, a White House official said. The announcement will detail the first…

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Pakistan Deputy PM reaffirms its commitment to open, inclusive and constructive SCO Chairmanship

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Pakistan Deputy PM reaffirms its commitment to open, inclusive and constructive SCO Chairmanship

Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. File. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) reaffirmed his country’s commitment to an open, inclusive and constructive Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Chairmanship, guided by the ‘Shanghai Spirit’ of mutual trust and mutual benefit. Mr. Dar, who is also…

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Full re-entry into EU is an option for U.K., says PM Burnham

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Full re-entry into EU is an option for U.K., says PM Burnham

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks at the Labour Party Conference, in Liverpool, England, on September 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP LONDON The U.K. rejoining the European Union (EU) was an option for the country, British Prime Minister Andy Bunrham said on Wednesday, a day after he told the Labour party conference in Liverpool that…

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Modi, Trump discuss bilateral cooperation in trade, defence, energy, critical technologies

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Modi, Trump discuss bilateral cooperation in trade, defence, energy, critical technologies

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he reviewed bilateral cooperation in trade, defence, energy, critical technologies and other areas with the United States (U.S.) in a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (September 30, 2026). “Had a productive conversation…

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Passenger on rerouted flydubai flight claims pilot tried to crash plane

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Passenger on rerouted flydubai flight claims pilot tried to crash plane

Passenger Miryam Shira Ohayon said the flydubai aircarft was “pretty much out of control” when one of the pilots tried to stab the other while they were flying over Jordan en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv. File | Photo Credit: AP A passenger on a rerouted flydubai flight that was bound for Tel Aviv…

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