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A FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia Wednesday morning after an apparent incident took place among the pilots inside the cockpit, an Israeli security source told ABC News.The incident followed reports that the...

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote and Kenya's President William Ruto are set to break ground on a $16bn (£12bn) oil refinery in Lamu, on Kenya's northern coast.Upon completion, the refinery is expected to process 700,000 barrels of crude oil a...

A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was unexpectedly diverted after a physical fight between the pilots, Israeli officials told local media.The Flydubai plane - which took off from Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates early on...

Despite its gains in global trade, the yuan isn’t going to replace the U.S. dollar in global reserve holdings any time soon, Standard Chartered China CEO Jean Lu argued on Wednesday, even as Beijing tries to encourage greater use...

Five crew members of an oil tanker seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia were killed before local security forces retook the vessel, a senior regional official has told the BBC.Puntland Deputy Information Minister Bile Qabowsade said the...

Six-year-old Raseel al-Balawi in Gaza has had more than 20 surgeries since an Israeli air strike injured her in late July.Witnesses say her tent in al-Mawasi camp was hit by a strike from an Israeli helicopter, and she now...

A brown bear known as 89 Backpack has won the annual Fat Bear Week competition, after what the US National Parks Service described as a "battle of size, skill, snack acquisition, and strategic loafing". Backpack's wideness narrowly defeated a...

A restaurant in South Korea named after Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been vandalised by a group of Chinese nationals who fled home right after the attack, police say.Surveillance footage from the restaurant in Seongnam, a city south of...

South Korea's military has demanded an apology from North Korea for landmine blasts along their shared border that wounded South Korean soldiers earlier this month.Three South Korean personnel were injured by explosions in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) - a...

President Donald Trump said that tech leaders he met with at the White House on Tuesday had signed a "constitution" to police themselves amid dire warnings from artificial intelligence leaders about the technology.House Speaker Mike Johnson said the accord...