Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party (PL), accompanied by Sao Paulo's governor Tarcisio de Freitas attends a campaign rally at Mercado Municipal (Municipal Market known as Mercadao) in Sao Paulo, Brazil September 28, 2026.
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On Sunday, Brazil chooses its future. Or rather, it begins to choose its future, given that polls between incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro—son of former President Jair Bolsonaro—indicate that the race will likely require a runoff on October 25th. 513 seats are up for election in the Chamber of Deputies, along with [...]
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.
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Attempted hijacking suspected in Dubai-Israel flight chaos A flight from Dubai to Israel plunged nearly 20,000 feet on Wednesday during a blood-spattered fight in the cockpit. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the co-pilot had tried to stab the pilot in an attempt to hijack the plane and crash it. Passengers and crew intervened to land the plane [...]
This is actually the second time the US has left Iraq. The first was in 2011, when Washington ended the occupation which began with the 2003 invasion. But US forces returned in 2014 to lead a multinational fight against ISIS, the jihadist militant group born amid the chaos and sectarian strife triggered by the original US invasion. Today’s exit [...]
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