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Co-pilot of flydubai plane underwent radical Islamist indoctrination

The co-pilot of a passenger jet who stabbed the captain in an apparent attempt to crash the plane as it flew to Israel had undergone radical ​Islamist indoctrination and was clearly suicidal, Israel’s prime minister said on Thursday.

October 2, 2026 5:11 pm
 

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UK police arrest dual UK-Iranian man in Fairford air base investigation

British counter-terrorism police investigating ​a suspected plot involving an air base used by the US to target Iran ‌said on Thursday they had arrested a dual UK-Iranian national on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.

October 2, 2026 3:50 pm
 

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France’s hardleft party behind school protests

France’s intelligence agencies briefed a government crisis meeting on Thursday that a wave ​of student protests, sometimes violent, that has swept across the country was initiated by hard-left politicians, a person close to the prime minister said.

October 2, 2026 2:20 pm
 

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Avalanche kills 15 Nepali workers in Himalayas

At least 15 Nepali workers were killed when an avalanche buried a mountain ​camp they were preparing in central Nepal for ‌foreign climbers, a rescue official said on Thursday, in the deadliest incident of the Autumn climbing season ending this month.

October 2, 2026 1:16 pm
 

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Bolivia detains attorney general, government ministry says

Bolivia’s Attorney General Roger Mariaca has been arrested two days after the United States revoked his visa and accused him of accepting bribes to facilitate drug ​trafficking, the country’s Interior Minister Marco Antonio Oviedo said on Thursday.

October 2, 2026 12:43 pm
 

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Supreme Court to weigh Trump's mandatory immigration detention policy

The US Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to hear a dispute over a policy by President Donald Trump’s administration that subjects millions of immigrants who entered the United States illegally to mandatory detention during their ​deportation proceedings.

October 2, 2026 11:15 am
 

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Social media harms democracy by spreading rumors

A growing number of people think social media manipulates and divides people and harms democracy, Pew Research Center said ​on Thursday, echoing rising concern and tighter scrutiny across ‌the world.

October 2, 2026 10:10 am
 

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Journalists decry crackdown after Turkey blocks news site over 'LGBT propaganda'

Turkish journalist whose articles were cited among the grounds for blocking independent news portal T24 ‌said the decision effectively treated objective reporting about LGBTQ+ people as a crime, as the outlet prepared to appeal the order on Thursday.

October 2, 2026 9:07 am
 

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Ukraine urges US to sanction entities supporting Russia's Starlink rival

Ukraine is urging the United States to impose sanctions on several Russian entities that it says ​are helping develop Moscow’s Rassvet satellite network as a domestic alternative to SpaceX’s Starlink, its acting ambassador said.

October 1, 2026 6:00 pm
 

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Trump says he has done a 'bad job' explaining his economic record

US President Donald Trump said he has done “a very bad job” of explaining his economic record as his job approval rating ​sags under the weight of high gasoline prices ahead of the November midterm ‌elections.

October 1, 2026 5:54 pm
 

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While Spain blocks evictions, Portugal forges on with bill to hasten them

Portugal’s parliament approved, in the ‌first reading, a contentious rental market overhaul aimed at speeding up evictions and ending rent controls on new leases in what the centre-right government hopes will encourage landlords to put more homes on the market.

October 1, 2026 3:31 pm
 

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Poland to set quicker air defence procedures

Poland will deploy new rules of engagement to counter threats in its airspace ​from the beginning of October, Polish Defence ‌Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Wednesday during a press briefing.

October 1, 2026 2:07 pm

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