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This undated photo released on Israel’s Foreign Ministry social media shows Indian Capt. Smit Machchhar in the cockpit of a plane in an unknown location. Machchhar was at the controls of a FlyDubai flight that was diverted to Tabuk in northwestern Saudi Arabia for an emergency landing on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (Israel’s Foreign Ministry via AP)

‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls FlyDubai cockpit attack

October 2, 2026 at 7:09 a.m.

The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight described Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed...

News media personnel stand outside the building where relatives of Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot for Flydubai, previously lived in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

An Indian airline captain is hailed as a hero after a cockpit attack on a FlyDubai flight

October 1, 2026 at 7:51 a.m.

An Indian airline captain who was at the controls of a FlyDubai flight when his copilot stabbed him in an apparent attempt to crash the plane has been hailed as...

Nepal police personnel prepare the bodies of flash flood victims for a mass burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Symbolic funerals held in Nepal for those feared lost as some missing tourists make contact

September 2, 2026 at 7:36 a.m.

Tourists previously reported missing in Nepal have made contact with authorities, officials said Wednesday, as families of locals still unaccounted for after last week’s catastrophic floods held symbolic funerals for...

A Nepal flag lies on a muddy track near the banks of the Trishuli river in Dhading District, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Rescuers comb through mud and debris as Nepal-China floods leave more than 1,000 dead

September 1, 2026 at 7:56 a.m.

Rescue teams with search dogs combed through mud, rocks and debris Tuesday in Nepal and China looking for thousands of people still missing after catastrophic flooding.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi participates in the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Iran’s top diplomat says a lack of trust is impeding talks to end the war with US

May 16, 2026 at 11:59 a.m.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said contradictory messages have “made us reluctant about the real intentions of Americans.”

Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

About 90 ships cross the Strait of Hormuz as Iran exports millions of barrels of oil despite the war

March 18, 2026 at 8:39 a.m.

About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the outset of the war with Iran and it is still exporting millions of barrels of oil...

People from Christian and Muslim communities hold a demonstration to show their support with Pakistan Army, a day after the ceasefire between Indian and Pakistan, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaduary)

India claims its strikes inside Pakistan territory last week killed over 100 militants

May 11, 2025 at 11:40 a.m.

India’s military strikes into Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and Pakistan earlier this week killed more than 100 militants including their prominent leadership, India's director general of military operations said on Sunday.

A resident inspects his house damaged by Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch, along the Line of Control, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indian and Pakistan troops swap intense artillery fire

May 9, 2025 at 7:32 a.m.

Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged heavy volleys of shells and gunfire across their frontier in Kashmir overnight, killing at least five civilians in a growing military standoff that erupted following...

Vendors sort for distribution in Guwahati, India, news papers leading with reports of India firing missiles early Wednesday into Pakistani-controlled territory, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations as fears of a wider military confrontation rise

May 8, 2025 at 8:46 a.m.

India fired attack drones into Pakistan on Thursday, wounding four soldiers, the Pakistani military said. India, meanwhile, accused its neighbor of attempting its own attack, as tensions soared between the...

Security force officials stand outside a damaged building at a site of a suspected Indian missile attack near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan controlled Kashmir, in Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)

India fires missiles on Pakistan. Islamabad calls it an ‘act of war’ and says it downed Indian jets

May 7, 2025 at 8:26 a.m.

India fired missiles at Pakistan early Wednesday, in what it said was retaliation for last month’s massacre of Indian tourists. Pakistan called the strikes an act of war and claimed...

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