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Indian police detain Cockroach Janta Party leaders demanding election chief stand down

Nearly 150 journalists gathered at the Press Club of India in New Delhi to march in protest against the detention of reporters covering events over the weekend.

Security personnel and police detain a journalist during a protest by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) seeking the resignation of India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, near the protest site in New Delhi, India, October 11, 2026.
Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam

UK Maritime confirms tanker struck by drone in vicinity of Oman's Sohar port

Captain Smit Machchhar reads a letter from President Isaac Herzog in the hospital, October 10, 2026.

Herzog invites Captain Smit Machchhar, Indian pilot who helped subdue flydubai hijacker, to Israel

Protest against India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi Saturday, 10th October 2026

India detains thousands, locks down Delhi to foil 'Cockroach' youth movement protests


'Thank you, hero': Highway 4 billboard honors Indian pilot who saved Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight

Machchhar's actions after he was struck with an emergency crash axe by Omani terrorist co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami prevented the death of hundreds of Israelis.

A billboard at the Ad Halom Junction featuring a photo of pilot Smit Machchhar that reads, "Thank you, hero!"

Indian police detain Israeli for staying without valid travel documents following drug charges

Driham was dubbed an “Israeli drug baron” but was cleared after claiming that police had planted drugs. The arrest is an immigration-related detention rather than an arrest for a new drug offense.

Police personnel stand outside a closed lab following an advisory from the local authority to close shops and other establishments at Connaught Place in New Delhi on July 23, 2026.

'I gave everything that I had': Flydubai captain tells Netanyahu about co-pilot's hijacking attempt

The prime minister thanked Machchhar for his "remarkable" actions, saying that he "saved the spirit of the world."

Flydubai pilot, capt. Smit Machchhar.

Indian flydubai pilot who opened cockpit door shares story with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

According to the wounded pilot, Capt. Smit Machchhar, he had opened the cockpit door while on the floor of the plane and actively being attacked by his Omani copilot.

Flydubai pilot, capt. Smit Machchhar.

Flydubai hijacker, wounded pilot accompanied by Emirati security team to UAE, Saudi Arabia says

Both were cleared to fly by medical professionals after being hospitalized once the aircraft landed in Tubuk.

A plane, carrying passengers who were on the FlyDubai aircraft bound for Israel from the United Arab Emirates, which was diverted to Saudi Arabia following an emergency signal, on the tarmac as it arrives at the Ben Gurion International Airport, in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 30, 2026.

What one flydubai flight revealed about the new India-Israel-Gulf map - opinion

Sometimes geography tells its own story. And we caught a glimpse not of a completed new regional order, but of one that is still being built.

A flydubai plane carrying passengers from flight FZ1073 arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, after a suspected terror attack aboard their original flight from Dubai to Israel forced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, September 30, 2026.

Indian flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar unlocked cockpit, named assailant, while wounded

Several passengers, including Israeli dentist Shota Musayev, administered first-aid care to Machchhar, keeping him alive until he was hospitalized in Saudi Arabia.

Flydubai pilot, capt. Smit Machchhar.

Over 90 dead, thousands missing after monsoon causes catastrophic flooding in India, Nepal, Myanmar

More than 12 inches of rain fell over two or three days, inundating entire neighborhoods and overwhelming drainage systems.

A flooded road following a flash flood in Galchhi in the Dhading district, Nepal, August 26, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Air India set to resume near-daily flights between Tel Aviv, Delhi starting December

Once flights resume, the company will join Ben-Gurion Airport's list of foreign long-haul carriers, which currently includes US carriers Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.

Air India's first Boeing 787 Dreamlinter (R) aircraft from Charleston, USA, is parked on the tarmac at Indira Gandhi International airport's terminal T-3 in New Delhi, on September 8, 2012.

Zelensky says India, Turkey, Egypt, Middle Eastern nations involved in Black Sea shipping talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that India, Turkey, Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries were taking part in talks on unblocking shipping in the Black Sea.

Turkish Navy's rescue ship TCG Isin sails in the Bosphorus as the Palau-flagged bulk carrier MKK1, carrying grain under UN’s Black Sea grain initiative, is seen drifted aground in Istanbul, Turkey January 16, 2023