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WorldIsraeli police arrested 10 suspects in a pre-dawn 'Olive Leaf' operation over weekend settler attacks on a Washington Post photojournalist and European diplomats in the West Bank, after the US and Europe demanded a crackdown.
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WorldAt least 15 people were killed when a Nigerian military convoy struck a landmine and came under gunfire in the northeastern state of Borno on Saturday, in one of the deadliest recent strikes against the country's security forces. Two soldiers said the dead included 10 Nigerian soldiers and five members of the Civilian Joint Task
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WorldAustralian independent MP Helen Haines is fighting for her life after being deliberately struck by a four-wheel-drive vehicle outside her electorate office in the regional city of Wangaratta, north-east Victoria, on Monday. The 65-year-old federal member for Indi suffered severe lower-body injuries and was airlifted to hospital, where she remains in a critical condition. The
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WorldThe United Nations World Food Programme is slashing its monthly food assistance in Gaza because of a severe shortage of funds, leaving roughly 500,000 Palestinians without the regular food support they depend on. The agency warned that the cuts will deepen one of the world's worst hunger crises, in a territory where nearly two in
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WorldUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio used a weekend visit to Central Asia to press Russia and Ukraine to end their four-year war. Rubio urges end to Ukraine war, telling reporters in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, that both sides should be focused on bringing the fighting to a close rather than letting it grind on. FAKTA Who:
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WorldAmerican diplomats visited the Palestinian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, October 18, following a series of Taybeh settler attacks that also injured European diplomats and a United States photojournalist. The US delegation's trip to the village underscored Washington's concern over rising settler violence against Palestinian civilians, journalists and foreign officials.
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WorldThe Yemen Houthi fighting escalation deepened over the weekend as Yemen's internationally recognised government and Houthi forces battled across several fronts, reporting fresh casualties on both sides. At the same time, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi moved to secure parliamentary authorisation for Egypt to give Saudi Arabia "all necessary and possible support" against Houthi attacks,
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WorldFrance's cost-of-living protests escalated dramatically on Saturday, October 17, as nationwide demonstrations against rising living costs degenerated into looting, arson and street clashes that left parts of several cities devastated. On the same day, Pope Leo XIV was discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital, four days after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung
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WorldTwo Saudi officers were killed when a Saudi AH-6i helicopter crashed in Najran, the kingdom’s southwestern border region, on Sunday, the Saudi-led coalition announced — an incident Yemen’s Houthis claimed was caused by one of their missiles, an assertion Reuters could not immediately verify. Coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki said the AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter,
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WorldCAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that Egypt would take "any measures necessary" to defend Saudi Arabia if asked, amid escalating Houthi attacks on the kingdom, and called on parliament to convene an emergency session to authorise military action if needed. "It is inconceivable that we would allow Saudi Arabia, its security
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WorldIran's IRGC Navy says a second oil tanker struck a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz within 24 hours, reiterating that the strait is closed.
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WorldVenezuela expects to attract nearly $76 billion in oil investment over the next five years under a package of recently signed agreements, acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced on Saturday, in what would be the biggest wave of energy investment the country has seen in years. FAKTA Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Venezuela expects almost $76
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