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• Fighter jets scrambled after incident on flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv

  30-09-2026 10:06 via article.wn.com
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• US Marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of murdering woman

  04-10-2026 08:42 via article.wn.com
  A 20-year-old US Marine stationed on Japan's southern island of Okinawa was arrested on suspicion of the murder of a Japanese woman, police said on Sunday. The suspect "killed the 39-year-old woman at a hotel in Naha and stole her wallet on Saturday," a...
  
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• Trump Names US Intelligence Chief Clayton As AI Czar To Head Task Force: Report

  04-10-2026 08:42 via article.wn.com
  Trump has named intelligence chief Jay Clayton to lead the White House "Super Intelligence Force," tasked with a 120-day review of AI risks and opportunities as Washington seeks U.S. leadership... ......
  
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• ‘Tight Ship’: Public Told to Expect Scant Budget Help

  04-10-2026 08:42 via article.wn.com
  Australians have been told to expect little extra help with soaring living costs as the treasurer signals a...
  
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• Sam Altman Warns Against Giving AI Religious Force', Calls It A Real Safety Issue'

  04-10-2026 08:42 via article.wn.com
  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns that treating AI as conscious, religious or moral authorities could pose safety risks, amid Anthropic's exploration of AI consciousness and spirituality. The debate... ......
  
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• Philippines arrests 244 foreign workers in online scam crackdown

  04-10-2026 08:42 via article.wn.com
  P hilippines authorities have arrested more than 200 foreign workers in the country's largest crackdown on illegal online gaming operators this year,...
  
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• Mexico says its troops sent to border in conjunction with US

  04-10-2026 08:42 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. and Mexico have jointly...
  
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• flydubai Co-Pilot Studied Engineering For 2 Years In Australia? Probe On

  04-10-2026 08:42 via article.wn.com
  The co-pilot, identified as Hamam al-Hammami from Oman, attacked the captain of the flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday. ......
  
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• Authorities Probe FlyDubai Co-Pilot’s Australian Ties

  04-10-2026 08:42 via article.wn.com
  Counter-terrorism investigators are probing potential Australian links of the co-pilot of a FlyDubai...
  
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• Australia investigating Flydubai co-pilot's links to country

  04-10-2026 08:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  State police and the country's security agency are looking into the co-pilot, who attempted to take control of a Flydubai plane travelling to Israel.
  
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• US Coast Guard finds debris from medical plane carrying six people

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  Washington: The US Coast Guard said on Saturday it found debris from a medical transport plane that went missing while flying from Bermuda to Boston, with the six people on board s ......
  
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• UK car industry faces ‘difficult trade-off’ between Chinese and EU markets

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  Britain under pressure to put tariffs on cheap Chinese vehicle imports ahead of protectionist trade measures...
  
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• Terrifying moment bear springs from darkness to attack woman’s car as she’s trapped inside

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  Talk about road rage. The heart-stopping moment a huge bear lumbered out of the darkness and attacked a woman’s car was captured in terrifying dash cam footage. The hulking animal emerged from the trees alongside its cub, forcing the driver to slam on the brakes. 4 A bear lumbered out of the woods with its cub as the driver approached. Jam Press/Nayoro Police Station Within seconds,...
  
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• Russia pushes fake AI-generated images claiming Ukraine is forcibly drafting women, Kyiv says

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  Russia is waging a disinformation campaign claiming Ukrainian women are being forcibly drafted into the armed forces — in what Kyiv is calling an attempt to sow panic and undermine voluntary military recruitment as the Kremlin’s position weakens on the battlefield. Earlier this week, Russian Telegram channels began circulating an AI-generated image showing a woman with an assault rifle and a baby, and the caption “a real Ukrainian woman does these things in 40 seconds.” T
  
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• Putin regime accused of Russian black plague cover-up after scientist dies amid possible spread

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  A suspected plague outbreak has erupted in Russia — killing a young lab worker, forcing nearly 200 people into isolation and triggering accusations that Vladimir Putin’s regime is trying to keep the infection’s possible spread under wraps. The alarm was raised in Siberia after a worker at an anti-plague laboratory died of the disease, which killed tens of millions in the medieval Black Death, according to a report from The Moscow Times. Anna Popova, who heads Russia’s pub
  
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• Polish activists launch abortion pill locker to bypass near-total ban

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  ‘AbortOmat’ in Warsaw offers novel way to challenge country’s restrictions and allow women swift, anonymous access...
  
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• One casualty every 23 minutes: Civilians fatalities mount as Ukraine war intensifies

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  More than one civilian was killed or injured every 23 minutes on average in Ukraine during the first eight months of 2026.According to the Kyiv Independent, citing the UN Human Rights Office, civilian casualties during the period were 55 percent higher than in the same period last year. The figures...
  
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• N. Korea tests intermediate-range missile, vows to strengthen deterrence

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
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• Mexico TV correspondent and cameraman are slammed by SUV during terrifying live broadcast: video

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  A Mexico-based news reporter and her cameraman were filming a segment on the side of a busy road when an SUV slammed into them, terrifying video shows. Journalist Alma de la Rosa was reporting from the scene of a motorcycle accident due to a landslide that spilled debris onto a road in Monterrey, Nuevo León on Friday, according to Gamavisión Noticias TV. In the video, De la Rosa can be seen standing off to the side of the right lane of the roadway where heavy rain had toppled a tre
  
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• Iran’s terrifying new terror tactic may be turning airline pilots into 9/11-style attackers, former IDF ...

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  The hijacking of the Dubai airliner carrying Israeli passengers might be the beginning of a horrifying new terrorist tactic of recruiting and radicalizing real pilots to do 9/11-style attacks, a former IDF colonel and veteran intelligence officer warns. “An individual doesn’t get the idea on his own to crash a plane full of people including himself. Somebody told him that if you do that you get your 72 virgins,” Miri Eisin, now an Israeli government spokesman, told The Post. &l
  
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• Incinerated novels and destroyed warehouses: Russia’s war on Ukrainian books

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  A Ukrainian publishing boom sparked by the 2022 invasion is now under threat from the force and frequency of Russian attacks...
  
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• Houthis claim strike on Saudi Aramco in Riyadh

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  Yemen's Houthi group on...
  
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• ‘Hot’ hero passenger from hijacked flydubai flight goes from everyday plumber to sex symbol

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  Is there a plumber in the house? Israel has an unlikely new sex symbol – and it’s a virtual promised land for plumbers. After the hijacked flydubai flight by a sicko suspected terrorist pilot miraculously averted disaster, details emerged about the group of brave Israelis who saved the day, including Yaniv Hayoun. 8 Yaniv Hayoun, one of the men who helped incapacitate the attacker on the flydubai aircraft bound for Israel from the UAE, reacts after arriving at the Ben Gurion Internat
  
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• Economic Watch: China trade ties carry significant weight for U.S. West Coast ports

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  by Julia Pierrepont III, Gao Shan LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- With China accounting for about 55 percent of trade at the Port of Long Beach and roughly 40 percent of business at the neighboring Port of Los Angeles, stable relations between Washington and Beijing are not an abstract diplomatic concern for the two busiest container ports in the United States. That deep trade linkage means shifts in U.S.-China ties can quickly ripple through cargo flows, jobs, consumer supply chains and investm
  
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• Debris from vanished Boston-bound plane found by Coast Guard amid massive search off Nantucket

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  Debris from an air ambulance that mysteriously vanished early Saturday in the waters off Nantucket has been discovered floating in the ocean, the US Coast Guard confirmed. Crews from the Boston-based Coast Guard cutter William Sparling rushed to the scene off the coast of Massachusetts and were sifting through wreckage to identify parts of the downed medical transport plane, a USCG spokesperson told The Post Saturday night. A view of the United States Coast Guard, Brant Point Station is seen in
  
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• Bačka Topola: an unusual venue for an Irish 'home' game

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  Bačka Topola, a one hour and 40-minute drive north of Belgrade, is an unlikely place to host a competitive international fixture, especially one as contested as tonight's second Republic of Ireland versus Israel fixture. The car journey to the small town of about 12,000 inhabitants cuts through flat landscape dotted with small villages. Not particularly known for its footballing prowess, Bačka Topola is better known in Serbia for a nearby stud farm and a picturesque lake. But the town
  
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• Afghan authorities eradicate 106 acres of hashish crops in Takhar province

  04-10-2026 08:16 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Counter-narcotics police have destroyed 106 acres of hashish crops across northern Afghanistan's Takhar...
  
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• US carrier George HW Bush arrives in Thailand after Middle East deployment: Key points

  04-10-2026 08:00 via article.wn.com
  The US aircraft carrier George HW Bush arrived off Thailand’s resort island of Phuket on Sunday with about 4,800 personnel aboard for a rest-and-recreation break after months of supporting...
  
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• UN के 80 साल में 9 पुरुष बने चीफ; क्या दुनिया को मिलेगी पहली महिला ...

  04-10-2026 08:00 via article.wn.com
  UN महासचिव एंटोनियो...
  
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• Ukraine to strike Russian refineries: Zelenskiy

  04-10-2026 08:00 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine will double down on attacking Russian oil...
  
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