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Hamam al-Hammami, the copilot who tried to bring down a flydubai flight to Israel in a terrorist attack on September 30, 2026, in an undated image from his deleted LinkedIn profile.
Shin Bet agents participating in interrogation of flydubai terrorist in UAE, ToI learns
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies
Source briefed on Emirati probe says Omani copilot considered trying to crash plane during a flight to Tel Aviv earlier this year, but opted not to; Trump 'personally' believes Iran responsible for attack attempt
Door attendants secure the doors of the transfer vans containing the remains of US Army Reserve soldiers Maj. Jeffrey O’Brien, Maj. Cody Khork, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, Master Sgt. Class Nicole Amor, Master Sgt. Class Noah Tietjens, Sgt. Declan Coady, during a casualty return, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, who were killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the US and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
October 5, 2026, 7:01 pm
Months after deadly Iranian attack, US soldiers’ families are struggling
Families of six troops killed by an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait in March still await answers, with the Army yet to brief them on the investigation
By Russ Bynum and Jack Brook
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, center, accompanied by Senate candidates Benedita da Silva, right, and Pedro Paulo, attends a campaign rally in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
October 4, 2026, 9:30 am
Deeply divided Brazil heads to polls in polarized Lula-Bolsonaro race
Leftist president seeks fourth term against ex-president’s son, with Trump, crime and economy in focus; polls point to no first-round winner
By Facundo Fernandez Barrio and Fran Blandy
Demonstrators hold a Palestinian flag with the words, "CEASEFIRE NOW; Gays for Palestine; RIVER - SEA". during a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel rally outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, March 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
October 3, 2026, 11:56 pm
At rally, Trump mocks ‘Gays for Palestine’ over abuses in ‘that part of the world’
US president jokes that members of the movement should be sent over as negotiators: ‘You’ll never see them again’
By ToI Staff
Passenger Yaniv Hayun, with bloodstains on his shirt, one of the Israelis who helped subdue a flydubai copilot who allegedly sought to hijack and crash a plane full of Israelis, at Ben Gurion Airport, September 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Tomer Appelbaum)
October 3, 2026, 1:48 pm
‘My kind of guy’: Trump posts video thanking flydubai hero
‘He’s a Trump fan and I’m a fan of his,’ says US president in TikTok clip praising Yaniv Hayun, who helped subdue attacker and then managed to level out the passenger jet as it nosedived
By ToI Staff
PIctures of protesters who were killed by the Iranian state security forces during the nationwide anti-government demonstrations that took place in Iran in January, are seen during a Free Iran Rally outside of the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2026 in New York City. (Ryan Murphy/Getty Images/AFP)
October 3, 2026, 12:53 pm
Iran executes man regime linked to anti-government protests
Tehran announces execution of Siavash Jamshidi, charged with a range of offenses from targeting security personnel during anti-government protests to ‘fraud’ and ‘theft’
By AFP
In this October 26, 2018 file photo, released by Oman News Agency, Oman’s Sultan Qaboos, left, receives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Muscat, Oman. (Oman News Agency via AP)
October 3, 2026, 9:32 am
What is Oman’s relationship with Israel – if any?
The Gulf Sultanate has been thrust into the spotlight after an Omani pilot tried to crash a plane full of Israelis on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv
By Tomer Almagor
Motorcyclists drive past a billboard depicting a Persian legendary hero and flying figure hitting US aircraft carriers alongside the message in English and Farsi: “From the Persian Gulf a new power rises,” “The army of Satan will be drowned in the Persian Gulf," during a state-organized motorcycle parade called “Janfada,” meaning “Sacrifice for Iran,”, in Tehran, Iran, September 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 2, 2026, 2:29 am
US sanctions target Iran’s auto, rail sectors as blockade chokes shipping lanes
Rubio reportedly orders Iranian FM to.leave US, but delegation claims officials were on their way out anyway; amid stalled talks with Tehran, Trump says he may need to ‘blow them up’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, September 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
October 1, 2026, 7:14 pm
Trump marvels at plumber who pulled flydubai plane out of dive
After update from Netanyahu on dramatic flight, US president says he heard Israeli passenger seized controls and ‘leveled out the plane,’ muses that copilot attacker was ‘whack-job’
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump listens as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
October 1, 2026, 5:02 pm
Trump: ‘Can’t imagine’ Netanyahu ignored warnings ahead of Oct. 7
US president maintains that if PM ‘would have known’ about the Hamas-led invasion ‘he would have done something’ to prevent it; says ‘I don’t hear bad things’ about Eisenkot, but ‘wouldn’t underestimate Bibi’
By ToI Staff
United States ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, March 11, 2026. (Seth Wenig/AP)
October 1, 2026, 4:30 pm
American envoy to UN: US having ‘tough conversations’ with Israel
Mike Waltz’s comments come in response to question about West Bank; ambassador says Trump nixed Iran’s latest offer as ‘not good enough,’ touts Gaza progress and plans to expand Abraham Accords
By ToI Staff
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks to the media during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 25, 2026. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)
September 30, 2026, 5:09 pm
Iran indicates it received official US response to latest offer on ending war
Officials don’t say what reply contained; FM Araghchi updates Tehran cabinet on his trip to UN General Assembly; UK monitors says three ships hit in Hormuz
By Agencies
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard spokesman Gen. Hossein Mohebbi speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 29, 2026, 6:03 pm
Iran’s IRGC pens open letter to US midterm voters, urging them to reject ‘liar’ Trump
25-page message accuses US president of concealing ‘peaceful nature’ of Iran’s nuclear program to drag the country into war, extends offer of ‘coexistence’ to American people
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard spokesman Gen. Hossein Mohebbi speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 29, 2026, 3:08 pm
Iran threatens to attack Mideast infrastructure after Trump dismisses Hormuz proposal
Tehran awaiting ‘final US response’ from mediators to its demands for truce, end of blockade, and sanctions relief as preconditions for nuclear talks; Russia says Iran should stay in NPT
By Agencies
US bureau chief Jacob Magid appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg (AP)
September 29, 2026, 2:11 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 29: Board of Peace envisions transformation in Gaza, and Israel
US bureau chief Jacob Magid brings us discussions on Gaza reconstruction and de-radicalization, Norway’s thoughts on Israeli settler violence, and the US response to the UK’s sanctions
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
A CNN sound technician walks at the White House, September 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
September 29, 2026, 12:20 pm
US news outlets ask court to restore White House access until legal dispute resolved
Attorney general insists access ‘is a privilege, and not a right,’ as CNN, MS NOW and Politico file request for injunction, after Trump administration abruptly revoked credentials
By Jocelyn Noveck
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