US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley makes an unannounced visit to Israel following a series of events which have raised fears of a new adventurism by the two regimes.

Iran condemns the harassment of its Beirut-bound passenger plane by two US fighter jets over the Syrian airspace, vowing to lodge a complaint over the "unlawful" act at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Pakistan announces that Airbus experts have opened a probe into the plane crash last week that killed 97 people.

The US administration is considering a proposal to halt deliveries of jet engines co-produced by General Electric Co. for a new airliner being developed in China.

An Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Thursday led to widespread damage to the properties of car rental companies, according to footage from the scene.

A former CIA counter-terrorism specialist has raised the possibility of a US cyber attack playing apart in the accidental shoot down of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752.

The 14th International Aviation and Space Salon first opened to the public in the Russian city of Zhukovsky, attracting and wowing crowds of enthusiasts.