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Saudi Arabia
Israel says pilot tried to crash flydubai plane during cockpit fight
FlyDubai flight FZ1073 to Israel made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia as passengers describe harrowing scenes of a fight between the pilots, with one of them stabbed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a pilot "attempted to crash the plane," as Israeli security services investigate.
Syria
Sabotage halts Syria gas pipeline in latest attack on energy sector
Remnants of the so-called IS terrorist group have continued to target energy infrastructure after the fall of al-Assad in the eastern province of Deir ez-Zor. Syria produces a fraction of its pre-war gas output against increasingly high demand.
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Turkey
Iranian jet with passengers on board seized at Istanbul over €3m debt
Bailiffs boarded the Caspian Airlines Boeing 737 as passengers sat ready for departure and served a €3 million debt order before it could take off. The seizure came days after US secondary sanctions on Iran's aviation sector took effect, halving international flights at Tehran's main airport.
United Arab Emirates
UAE confirms president met with Israeli PM Netanyahu on Sunday
The visit came weeks after a bombshell Israeli media report that the Emirati president had warned Netanyahu ahead of the Hamas-led attack on Israel in 2023, which the Israeli premier did not pass on to the security services.
United Arab Emirates
Trump adviser Boulos says US president is determined to end Iran war
In an interview with Euronews, the US administration's adviser for Arab and African affairs, Massad Boulos outlines the US president's views on the war with Iran, the US ties with Gulf states, Sudan and the political stakes ahead of the midterm elections.
Turkey
Turkey’s fund probe: Asset freezes lifted as AKP deputy chair quits
Turkish prosecutors have lifted asset restrictions on 45 companies and 19 funds amid an investment fund crisis affecting more than 450,000 investors. The decision comes after a deputy chair of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling party resigned amid allegations about her share trading.
Turkey
Turkish comedian Deniz Göktaş on trial for insulting Erdoğan in show
Göktaş's arrest was the latest in a widening crackdown on anyone seen as critical of Turkey's conservative government or its values, which has netted hundreds of politicians, artists, musicians, journalists and LGBTQ+ activists.
Gaza
Israeli military releases video of tunnel destruction in Gaza
The Israeli military has released video it says shows a 2-kilometre underground tunnel in southern Gaza being destroyed. The footage, provided by the army, could not be independently verified. The military says the tunnel route was dismantled as fighting continues in Gaza.
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Business
Turkey arrests Tera chairman as $18bn fund scandal widens
Turkish authorities arrested the chairman of Tera Yatirim Menkul Degerler AS on Wednesday morning, the brokerage at the centre of the country's current investment fund scandal, with funds worth more than $18 billion (€15.7bn) and held by over 450,000 people now being liquidated.
