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Captain Smit Machchhar will receive Israel’s Presidential Award for Civilian Heroism. Israeli President Isaac Herzog said this on Thursday. Machchhar was allegedly stabbed by his co-pilot on a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv last month. The co-pilot allegedly tried to crash the plane. Herzog said Machchhar’s “sheer bravery and sound professionalism” helped avert a catastrophe. […]

India’s communications ministry said on Thursday that its authorisation framework is “fair and non-discriminatory” for all telecom services, including satellite communication. It said clearing any single operator ahead of others would go against this framework. The ministry said security assessment is under way for all three licensees. After it is done, the companies will move

A new bill in the US House of Representatives proposes much higher penalties for certain H-1B violations. The H-1B Visa Fraud Crackdown Act (H.R. 10643) was introduced on October 1, 2026. Representative Beth Van Duyne introduced it with five other Republican lawmakers. It has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee. It is not law

US President Donald Trump has commented on the school protests in France. He said they are really about Islam taking over the country. He posted on Truth Social that the unrest is “out of control mass migration” and not about schools. More than a quarter of a million people marched across France on Tuesday. It

Germany’s former top spy has been arrested on charges of espionage and treason. August Hanning, who led the BND (Germany’s foreign intelligence agency), is accused of obtaining classified information and passing it to a foreign power, according to BBC World News. Hanning held one of the most sensitive positions in German government. As head of

Oman has coordinated the evacuation of 12 injured crew members from the On Peace, a commercial tanker attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. India’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that 11 of the 12 injured sailors are Indian nationals. The crew members were brought ashore for emergency medical treatment following the attack on the vessel. The Strait

Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami has reportedly confessed to investigators that his violent mid-air assault on a flydubai flight was motivated by a desire to avenge Gaza and die as a martyr. The confession follows the September 30 incident aboard Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, which was carrying over 170 passengers. According to investigative

The White House is closely monitoring reports of a suspected plague case in Russia’s Siberian city of Irkutsk after a worker at an anti-plague research institute died. According to reports, nearly 200 people who had contact with the deceased employee have been placed under medical observation. The case has drawn international attention because of where

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have activated a joint defence agreement called the Makkah pact for the first time, responding to intensified attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militia. The pact, signed in 2021, requires member countries to treat an armed attack on one nation as an attack on all, similar to NATO’s founding principle. The activation

Cristiano Ronaldo has left the Portugal national team camp. He left halfway through the international window. UEFA Nations League games against Denmark and Norway are still to come. The 41-year-old shared a statement on Instagram. He said he made the decision after the coach’s press conference and a talk with the president of the Portuguese