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Dubai Retail announces Skylight Mall, a 360-store hub for 2027
Dubai: Dubai Retail on Monday, October 6, unveiled plans for Skylight Mall, a super-regional hub and mall featuring more than 360 stores, scheduled to open in 2027. Spanning 1.3 million square feet,…
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Telangana man completes Dubai sentence but remains in jail
Hyderabad: A Telangana man who has completed a six-month prison term in Dubai remains in custody because he is unable to pay a fine of Dirham 150,000 (around Rs 39 lakh), Telangana…
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Netanyahu invites Machchar, Modi to Israel’s Independence Day
Dubai: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Indian pilot Smit Machchhar a “hero of the entire world” for foiling an alleged attempt by the co-pilot to crash an Israel-bound flight, as…
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Jordanian toddler completes SMA treatment in Dubai
Dubai: Jordanian toddler Katia Abu Al-Saud has completed a course of treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in Dubai and received a personal message and gift from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al…
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Injured flydubai pilot recounts fight to regain cockpit control
Jerusalem: Captain Smit Machchhar, the pilot who fought off an alleged attempt to seize control of a flydubai aircraft bound for Israel, has recounted the terrifying moments inside the cockpit when he…
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Dubai Crown Prince visits Indian flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar
Abu Dhabi: Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited injured Indian flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, October 3, and praised his actions…
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Injured Indian flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar ‘recovering well’
Abu Dhabi: Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar is recovering well and remains under medical care after being injured in an attack aboard a flydubai flight, the Embassy of India in the UAE…
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Flydubai co-pilot used crash axe: UAE probes ‘terrorist act’
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Saturday, October 3, that investigations into the incident aboard flydubai flight FZ1073 found that the co-pilot had attempted to carry out a “terrorist…
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First Israeli repatriation flight from Dubai lands in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv: The first special flight carrying Israelis stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrived in Tel Aviv early Saturday, October 3, following the suspension of commercial flights between the UAE…
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Netanyahu warns of ‘heavy price’ if flydubai attack was ordered
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, October 2, warned that those behind the flydubai cockpit attack would pay a “very heavy price” if investigators establish that the co-pilot was…
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UAE adviser calls Indian flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar a ‘hero’
Abu Dhabi: UAE Presidential Diplomatic Adviser Anwar Gargash has praised Indian flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his actions during the cockpit incident on a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight. In a post on…
- World
UN chief Guterres concerned over flydubai cockpit incident
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern over an incident aboard a flydubai flight in which an Indian pilot sustained serious injuries while foiling an alleged attempt by his…
- Middle East
Emirates flight to London diverted after mid-air emergency
New Delhi: An Emirates flight from Dubai to London Heathrow was diverted to Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, October 1, after a passenger experienced a medical emergency. An Emirates spokesperson confirmed that Flight…
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Israel seeks extradition of Oman co-pilot over flydubai incident
Tel Aviv: Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Thursday said he will seek the extradition of the Omani co-pilot accused of attempting to crash a flydubai aircraft bound for Tel Aviv,…
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Indian who lost leg in UAE accident gets Rs 1.7 cr compensation
Dubai: A Dubai court has ordered an insurance company to pay Dirham 655,341 (approximately Rs 1.7 crore) to an Indian expat who lost his left leg below the knee in a United…
