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World - / Oct 3, 2026 - How an Omani flagged for extremism ended up piloting a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai jet - Hamam al-Hammami, the Omani co-pilot accused of stabbing Captain Smit Machchhar and attempting to crash a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, had already come to the attention of authorities for his radical extremist tendencies. Despite this he was

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World - / Oct 3, 2026 - 'She's under siege on social media': Cornell sexual assault victim's identity under threat - The complainant in the alleged sexual assault case at Cornell University is "under siege" on social media, where people are attempting to identify her, according to her lawyer. "She's under siege on social media, where people are trying to identify

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