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Houthi Escalation Strains Health Services, Deepens Displacement

Yemen’s humanitarian crisis is worsening as the Houthi escalation spreads, leaving more than 5,000 people dead or wounded since August, displacing about 200,000 and fueling a rise in suspected cholera and measles cases. The United Nations is warning of gaps in care and the risk of outbreaks as health services struggle to reach the wounded and deliver emergency treatment, especially in conflict zones and displacement camps.

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Flydubai co-pilot plotted 9/11-style attack on Tel Aviv airport, UAE prosecutor says

Flydubai co-pilot plotted 9/11-style attack on Tel Aviv airport, UAE prosecutor says An Omani flydubai co-pilot had planned to seize a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and crash it into a terminal at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on 30 September - before being thwarted by his fellow pilot, the UAE attorney general said on Friday, according to the state news agency WAM. UAE public prosecutors believe the plan was inspired by the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States. Their investigation, launched…

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Flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv airport: UAE prosecutor

The co-pilot who attacked the captain of a flydubai jet last week had planned to crash the plane into Tel Aviv's international airport, the United Arab Emirates' top prosecutor said on Friday. In the aftermath of the incident, people on board -- the majority of whom were Israeli -- described a sudden plunge in altitude and a fight for control of the aircraft, which was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. The passengers were repatriated on a second flydubai flight hours later.

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