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Reports About UAE Royal in London Raise Questions Over Privacy, Child Welfare and Responsible Reporting

A report published by NDTV describes an incident in London involving a member of the United Arab Emirates’ ruling family and a young child. The headline makes serious allegations about the circumstances in which the adult was found. Because the underlying details could not be independently verified from the accessible article, those allegations should not be treated as established facts without c…

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Flydubai Co-Pilot Allegedly Used Cockpit Crash Axe in Mid-Air Attack on Indian Captain Smit Machchhar: What Happened Aboard Flight FZ1073

The Flydubai flight that descended thousands of feet over Saudi Arabia on September 30 has now become the subject of a far more serious investigation after United Arab Emirates authorities said the co-pilot attacked Captain Smit Machchhar with a cockpit crash axe and attempted to take control of the aircraft. What initially emerged as reports of a cockpit altercation has developed into an officia…

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Indian Captain Smit Machchhar Stabbed Mid-Flight, Fights Back to Save 174 on Flydubai Jet

What began as a routine commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv turned into a life-threatening emergency over Saudi Arabia on September 30, when the captain of a Flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 was allegedly attacked by his own co-pilot in the cockpit. Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian national from Mumbai, was seriously injured during the confrontation, yet managed to take an action that became criti…

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Saudi Arabia Denies Talks With Netanyahu in UAE: What the Rejection Says About Riyadh’s Position on Israel

Saudi Arabia has firmly rejected reports that its representatives took part in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his recent visit to the United Arab Emirates, pushing back against speculation that a significant new channel of Saudi-Israeli engagement may have opened behind closed doors. A Saudi official told AFP that there were “No official meetings. No talks. Nothing wh…

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