Australia probes flydubai co-pilot's links to the country, police sayBy Praveen Menon and Alexander CornwellSYDNEY/TEL AVIV, Oct 4 (Reuters) - A multi-agency Australian counterterrorism unit is investigating links to Australia of the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073, who stabbed his captain and then attempted to hijack the plane, a police spokesperson said on Sunday.The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team – which…Al-Monitor2d agoWhole story →JusticeSecurityflydubai hijack attempt
Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to allow detention of pro-Palestinian scholarBy Nate RaymondSept 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a decision that led to the release of a Georgetown University scholar who had advocated for Palestinian rights and opposed Israel's war in Gaza.The Department of Justice on Monday asked the high court to consider whether federal…Al-Monitor14d agoWhole story →EducationJusticesupreme court petition filing
Assad-era Syrian official jailed for 60 years by US courtBy Kanishka SinghWASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A former Syrian government official who headed the Damascus Central Prison under ousted PresidentBashar al-Assad and was convicted of torture by a US federal jury has been sentenced to60 years in prison by a US judge, federal prosecutors said.Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 74, was charged in 2024 and convicted…Al-Monitor18d agoWhole story →JusticeSecuritysyrian official sentencing
