Twenty-seven people were injured on Monday when a Bangladeshi airliner was forced to abort its take-off from Dubai, prompting the closure of the region’s busiest airport for more than seven hours. The Bangladesh Airlines plane was about to take off from the bustling Gulf emirate to Dhaka when the accident occurred.
Iraq’s tightly controlled state press has found room for two outlets, albeit run by President Saddam Hussein’s elder son, which provide Iraqis with news they don’t get from other local media.