82 m. ago Netanyahu vows to act against Houthis after attack on Israel’s main airport

Strike by Yemen rebel group near Ben Gurion international airport causes US and European airlines to cancel flightsThe Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday promised a multi-phased response to Yemen’s Houthis after the Iran-backed militants struck the area of Israel’s main airport with a missile.“We have acted against them in the past and we will act in the future, but I cannot go into detail ... it will not happen in one bang, but there will be many bangs,” Netanyahu said in a video published on the Telegram messaging platform. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Six injured after hypersonic missile from Yemen strikes Israel’s main airport

Dramatic images showed a smoking crater next to a road near Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport

Events

3 h. ago Watch: Houthi missile strike causes chaos at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport

This video shows the moment a missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels towards Israel on Sunday landed near Ben Gurion Airport.

Events

4 h. ago Houthi missile strike lands near Israel’s main airport as passengers run in terror

Yemen's Houthis warned airlines that the Israeli airport was ‘no longer safe for air travel’

Events

22 h. ago Savannah International Airport evacuated after bomb threat as passengers stranded

Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in the US has been evacuated after a reported bomb threat with passengers saying they are stranded on the tarmac and have seen sniffer dogs on site

Events

3 d. ago Israel declares national emergency as wildfires force evacuations

Witnesses tell of ‘walls of flame’ surging across woodland, while high winds disrupt Independence Day eventsWildfires continued to threaten swaths of forest and fields in Israel on Thursday, though firefighters successfully reopened the main road linking the country’s two principal cities.Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, declared a national emergency after the fires broke out on Wednesday along the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, prompting police to shut the route and evacuate thousands of people from nearby communities. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Israel has no duty to allow UN aid agency into Gaza, says US state department lawyer

Joshua Simmons tells international court of justice that Israel’s concerns about Unwra are ‘credible’Israel’s urgent security needs override its obligations to provide aid to Palestinians in Gaza, a US state department lawyer has told the international court of justice (ICJ).Joshua Simmons spoke as the United Nations’ top court hears a case on Israel’s ban on cooperation with Unwra, the UN’s main agency for Palestinians. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Millionaire businessman lists the five essential things he does before every flight at the airport

Mark Tilbury, 56, a self-proclaimed, self-made millionaire from Oxfordshire, highlighted in a Youtube video a series of hacks to help save the average plane passenger money at the airport.

Transport

5 d. ago Manchester Airport passengers among THOUSANDS left stranded in Spain and Portugal after power cut chaos

A huge power outage in Spain and Portugal caused travel chaos after impacting airports and train lines

Events

6 d. ago Major airline warns passengers to avoid airport until further notice following power outage in Spain and Portugal

Spain and Portugal have been hit by widespread blackouts, with millions plunged into darkness amid scenes of mayhem across major European cities.

Events

6 d. ago Major Scots airport allows passengers to keep electronics and liquids in bags

Installation of cutting edge scanners completes £24m upgrade

Politics

6 d. ago British Airways flight chaos as smoke fills cabin forcing emergency landing

The British Airways flight to London Heathrow was forced into an emergency landing after a suspected bird strike caused the cockpit to suddenly fill with smoke

Events

6 d. ago Southwest Airlines passenger 'stripped naked and pooed on seat as plane landed'

The plane was coming in to land at Chicago's Midway Airport after flying from Philadelphia when the female passenger allegedly removed all of her clothing and defecated on one of the seats

Politics

7 d. ago Drama as Jet2 flight to Manchester Airport diverted due to 'disruptive passengers'

Airline bosses say they 'take a zero-tolerance approach' to rowdy behaviour

Events

9 d. ago UN food agency says its foods stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel's blockade

The World Food Program says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory

Politics

9 d. ago Manchester Airport passenger 'mortified' after realising what he'd taken through security

Mark Harris, 51, accidentally took two steak knives through security at Manchester Airport without being stopped - and says he will 'never know' how they were able to get past the scanners

Events

1 week ago Heathrow shutdown dents passenger numbers at the UK’s biggest airport

Exclusive: The average flight serving Heathrow had three fewer passengers than in the first quarter last year

Society

1 week ago Heathrow Airport's deserted Terminal 1 hasn't seen travellers in almost a decade

Heathrow Airport sees millions of passengers pass through every year, but most will have never stepped foot in its biggest terminal - which now sits abandoned following its closure nine years ago.

Society

1 week ago Manchester Airport passenger gets a nasty surprise after his delayed luggage eventually turns up empty

Bernard Kennedy was jailed for two years after police stopped him at Manchester Airport

Politics

1 week ago Delta Air Lines flight 'on fire' as passengers seen being evacuated at Orlando airport

Terrifying footage shows the plane becoming engulfed in flames and sending clouds of black smoke into the sky while passengers flee the aircraft on its emergency slides

Events