The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower transits the Strait of Hormuz in July 2016 (file photo). Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class J. Alexander Delgado, U.S. Navy, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain No confirmed...

Mahrah Al Nahyan, a 32-year-old woman linked to Abu Dhabi’s ruling family through marriage, has been sentenced by a London court after admitting to child neglect in a case involving a three-year-old found unattended near...

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels may be seeking to develop an advanced medium-range ballistic missile using components sourced from China, raising fresh concerns about the group’s expanding military capabilities and the security of Saudi Arabia and...

Two Maldivian pilots employed by flydubai have reportedly been detained in the United Arab Emirates as investigators widen their inquiry into an alleged attempt to hijack a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight on September 30. The case...

United Arab Emirates prosecutors say the co-pilot accused of attempting to hijack a Flydubai passenger flight and crash it into an Israeli airport began developing extremist views while studying in Australia in 2017. Hamam al-Hammami,...

Three people have been killed and 36 injured in attacks on two major Saudi airports as fighting between Yemen’s Houthi movement and Saudi-backed forces intensifies, pushing the long-running conflict into a dangerous new phase. Saudi...

Israel is heading toward one of its most closely watched elections in years, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing a serious challenge from former military chief Gadi Eisenkot. The country’s Knesset election is scheduled for...

The FlyDubai cockpit attack that nearly turned a routine Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight into a mass-casualty disaster may have been planned long before Hamam al-Hammami joined the airline. According to two Israeli officials familiar with the...

Israel was prepared for the possibility of shooting down a Flydubai passenger aircraft after an alleged cockpit attack left the plane plunging toward the region last week, according to two Israeli sources with direct knowledge...

Questions over the weapon used in the Flydubai Flight FZ1073 cockpit attack have taken an unexpected turn. Initial reports said the Omani co-pilot allegedly attacked Indian captain Smit Machchhar with a knife. Later accounts, including...