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Nearly half of Germans view former Chancellor Angela Merkel as better suited to handle Germany's challenges than current Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Also, today is the last day of Oktoberfest in Munich. DW has the latest.
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US President Donald Trump’s senior national security officials gathered on Friday at Camp David for closed-door discussions on the Iran war and the Saudi-Houthi conflict in Yemen, Axios repor…
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The co-pilot, who remains in custody in the UAE, was identified by multiple media outlets as Omani national Hamam al-Hammami.
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UAE investigators say flydubai co-pilot was planning 'terrorist act' UAE investigators have said the co-pilot of a flydubai flight to Israel this week was planning a "terrorist act" and used the cockpit's emergency axe to attack the captain, but they did not reveal his motive. Initial findings from the UAE's investigation into the attack also did not confirm his nationality, according to a report on Saturday from the country's state news agency WAM, but a Saudi source has confirmed to AFP tha…
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Thirty Palestinians have been killed in attacks by Israeli occupiers across the occupied West Bank since the beginning of 2026, official Palestinian figures showed on Friday, Anadolu reports. In a …
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A drone attack in the Russian-controlled part of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, resulted in one fatality and ten injuries. The report came from the Moscow-installed governor, as cited by TASS.
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Capt Smit Machchhar receiving care in UAE after helping to avert disaster on Dubai flight to Tel Aviv
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The Indian pilot's uncle and aunt also said they felt relieved after seeing him talk to Narendra Modi
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After reports of suicide attempts and food shortages, the aircraft carrier is expected to dock in San Diego this week following a record-breaking 250-plus days at sea
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir claimed that all three administrative areas of the occupied West Bank “belong to Israel,” contradicting arrangements established under the Oslo Ac…
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Israel’s growing network of checkpoints and road barriers in the occupied West Bank is increasingly restricting the daily lives of Palestinians and dividing the territory, a UN special rappor…
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As Moscow intensifies attacks on Kyiv and other cities, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed to hit Russian energy infrastructure.
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The hardest question about ending the war with Iran belongs in Washington. What place can Iran occupy after the fighting stops? A country left economically excluded, unable to rebuild and exposed t…
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Ten people were injured when a man drove into a crowd in the Australian city of Newcastle on Saturday after appearing to lose control of the car, authorities said. The 18-year-old driver was arrested at the scene in the suburb of Wallsend about 110 km (70 miles) north of the New South Wales state capital, Sydney. When the incident occurred, fans had lined local streets to send off the Newcastle Knights rugby league team, due to compete in the country's National Rugby League grand final in Sydney on Sunday.
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A Russian strike targeted a major bridge in Kyiv, its mayor said Saturday, in another attack on Ukrainian infrastructure that has brought traffic chaos to the capital. The attack on the Northern Bridge, which followed a drone alert, came a day after the Southern Bridge was hit in a wave of strikes that city officials say is "tearing Kyiv apart". The grinding conflict, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, has largely focused on ground fighting in the east, with Kyiv mostly spared from the devastation wrought near the frontline, AFP said.
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US Donald Trump has claimed that the Iran war will be over ’very soon’ as his top aides hold a secret meeting in Camp David over developments in Iran and Yemen.
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The Sudanese army said Friday it had recaptured the strategic town of Al-Mazroub in North Kordofan, a week after retaking Sodari, as a deadly drone strike on student housing in the state capital, El-Obeid, highlighted the growing use of unmanned aircraft in the conflict. The developments come as the UN Security Council prepares for fresh negotiations over a US proposal to extend the arms embargo on Darfur to all of Sudan.
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UAE investigators have said the co-pilot of a flydubai flight to Israel this week was planning a "terrorist act" and used the cockpit's emergency axe to attack the captain, but they did not reveal his motive. During the flight on Wednesday, its Indian captain was assaulted by the co-pilot but managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to overpower the attacker and force an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
