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WorldUS Central Command says American forces destroyed an Iranian-affiliated dhow in the Gulf of Oman on October 6 after removing its crew, accusing it of surveilling and targeting US Navy ships.
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WorldEthiopian government forces have advanced to the town of Zalambessa on the country's northern border with Eritrea, a development that has deepened fears of a new war between the two Horn of Africa neighbours. The advance was reported on October 13, as diplomats worked to keep the two countries from sliding back into open conflict.
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WorldThe Singapore-flagged GFS Pride sank after striking a naval mine near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy said, the second vessel lost since the US-Iran war began.
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WorldScientists in Canada have identified a previously unknown eye lymphatic drainage route at the back of the human eye, a finding that overturns more than a century of scientific thinking about how the eye clears waste. The newly described pathway, named the posterior ocular lymphatic outflow — or POLO pathway — lets fluid and metabolic
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WorldA 59-year-old man was arrested after a stabbing attack at a shopping complex in Incheon, South Korea, left ten people injured, one critically.
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WorldIran has executed Ali-Sina Mostafavi, a man convicted of carrying out armed attacks in the southeastern city of Kerman during the war with the United States and Israel, the judiciary's news outlet Mizan said on Wednesday. Mizan said the execution was carried out in Kerman on Wednesday morning after the Supreme Court confirmed the verdict.
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WorldIran has shifted its naval tactics to step up attacks on commercial shipping around the Strait of Hormuz, two senior Iranian officials have told the Reuters news agency, a strategy to keep global oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections in November. According to the officials, the new methods were adopted about ten
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WorldThe White House on Tuesday asked United States Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign following a string of reports alleging misconduct, and received her formal resignation later the same day, bringing an abrupt end to her short tenure in Athens. FAKTA The White House asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign as US ambassador to Greece
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WorldA container ship and a tanker were struck by unknown projectiles in two separate incidents in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said, as attacks on shipping through the critical oil waterway continued. FAKTA What happened: A container ship and a tanker were hit by unknown projectiles in
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WorldThe Vatican confirmed on Tuesday evening that Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer, announcing that surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung during the operation at Rome's Gemelli hospital — a diagnosis the Vatican said had been suspected before the surgery and was confirmed during the procedure. FAKTA The diagnosis: Lung adenocarcinoma, suspected
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WorldBrazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will vote in favor of ending Brazil's six-day workweek, reversing his long-held opposition to a popular labor reform just a day before the Senate was expected to vote on it. The shift, reported by Reuters on October 13, lands in the middle of a tight presidential runoff campaign.
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WorldVatican City: Pope Leo XIV's surgery to remove a lung nodule was completed "successfully, on schedule and as planned," the Vatican said on Tuesday evening, and the 71-year-old pontiff has returned to his room at Rome's Gemelli hospital. The Holy See Press Office said in a brief statement that the procedure took place on Tuesday
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