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Iran disputes Qatar, Kuwait accounts of captured Iranian personnel
Tehran says Qatari forces captured its pilots.
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Qatar denies detaining Iranian pilots, says it found remains of one
Qatar denied on Saturday that it was holding Iranian pilots, saying they had violated Qatari airspace earlier this year and had failed to respond to attempts to contact them.
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Palestinians in Qusra say they have faced militant settler attacks for months
Families on the outskirts of Qusra, the West Bank village where Palestinian homes have been under siege for nearly a week, said they have faced sometimes deadly attacks by militant...
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Yemen's Mocha port halts operations after Houthi attacks, port director says
Yemen's Mocha port has suspended commercial and maritime operations after being hit by more than 25 missiles in Houthi attacks over recent days, the port's director said on Satur...
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Israeli strikes kill 11 in south Lebanon, health ministry says
At least 11 people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanon's health ministry said.
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Israeli strike kills seven in south Lebanon, state news reports
Seven people were killed in an Israeli dawn air strike in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanon's state news agency said.
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A $50 million hostage ransom funded al Qaeda's Mali offensive, UN says
An estimated $50 million ransom paid to free a hostage seized by al Qaeda-linked militants in Mali in late 2025 has helped to fund their advances across West Africa and the group'...
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UAE's ADNOC says one of its vessels came under attack while transiting Hormuz
UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said on Saturday that one of its vessels came under attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, the Emirati state news agenc...
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Yemen government says Houthi missiles kill at least four civilians in port city
Yemen's internationally recognised government said the Houthis fired six ballistic missiles at the Red Sea port of Mocha on Friday, killing four civilians, amid an escalation in h...
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Lebanon's creative talent suffers as Iran war squeezes Gulf economies
For decades, the Gulf served as the center of gravity for much of Lebanon's creative talent, with swathes of designers and marketing executives flocking to its cities to find clien...
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US warns Iran it will step up economic pressure; two more ships attacked in Hormuz
Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to grind to a near standstill after two more ships were attacked there and the United States said it could maintain a naval blockade ...
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US wants Netanyahu to condemn settler siege in Palestinian village, officials say
The United States wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn a siege imposed by Jewish settlers in a Palestinian village, U.S. and Israeli officials said ...
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The Palestinian freshwater springs being seized by Israeli settlers
On a searing summer day, Israeli settlers splashed in a West Bank pool created by siphoning off water that had irrigated Palestinian crops, one of many seizures of water resources ...
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Hormuz shipping traffic capped amid competing claims from US and Iran
Shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuz fell below the month average towards the end of the week due to volatile sentiment between the United States and Iran, with both countrie...
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Jared Kushner may visit Israel next week for talks on Gaza, source says
U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, may visit Israel next week for talks on Gaza, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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US eyes indefinite Iran naval blockade as oil supply shortfall deepens
The United States on Thursday threatened to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, ratcheting up economic pressure on Tehran as ceasefire talks have floundered, global oi...
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UAE says Iran attacked two ADNOC vessels in Strait of Hormuz; no injuries
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said two of its vessels were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday evening, with no injuries reported, as the United Arab Emira...
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US could not verify Israeli warnings of Iran plots against Trump, sources say
The U.S. has received several warnings from Israel over the past year that Iran intended to assassinate President Donald Trump, including before a secret Air Force One ruse in Tur...
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