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Yemen's Houthis say they attacked Saudi Aramco refinery in Jazan with two drones
Yemen's Houthis said they attacked an Aramco refinery in Saudi Arabia's Jazan with two drones on Thursday, the Iran-aligned movement's Saba news agency reported.
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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill two people, first fatalities in more than a week, medics say
Israeli airstrikes killed two Palestinians, including a senior police official, in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, in the first reported fatalities in more than a week as the Israeli...
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After US criticism, Israel ties Lebanon withdrawal to Hezbollah disarmament
Israel won't withdraw from southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed, the defence minister said on Thursday, qualifying remarks he made a day earlier that had suggested Israel...
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Israel sends troops into West Bank homes besieged by Jewish settlers
Israeli troops took up positions inside Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra on Thursday, the mayor said, after settlers trapped Palestinian families this week in a...
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Gulf markets ease as U.S.-Iran tensions, Hormuz disruption weigh
Gulf stock markets were subdued in early Thursday trade as investors weighed stalled efforts to end the U.S.-Iran conflict, continued disruptions to shipping through the blockaded...
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Jailed Istanbul mayor Imamoglu joins new opposition party amid political turmoil
Jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said on Wednesday he was joining the newly formed New Party, after a court order removed the leadership of his former Republican People's Part...
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Israel's military says it targeted a Hamas commander planning attacks in Gaza
An Israeli airstrike critically wounded a Palestinian man in the Gaza Strip, in an attack the Israeli military said targeted a Hamas commander planning attacks against Israeli tr...
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Syria receives first shipments at pier previously used by Russia
Syria received its first shipments of wheat and cement materials this week at a berth previously used by Russian forces, according to officials at the Tartous port, where Reuters ...
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Israeli troops clash with settlers besieging Palestinian homes in West Bank
Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost they set up directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later with...
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Saudi Arabia bets on defensive alliances to deter slide into war
Saudi Arabia is increasingly being dragged into a war it did not choose.
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Major Gulf bourse see cautious gains as tensions weigh on sentiment
Major stock markets saw a cautious uptick in early trade on Wednesday, as geopolitical tensions curbed risk appetite.
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Iran to join BRICS development bank soon, central bank governor says
Iran will soon join the New Development Bank, the development lender established by the BRICS group of nations, central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said in a state media rep...
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Hormuz shipping traffic falls to one-week low amid hostilities
The tally of vessels tracked in the Strait of Hormuz fell to a one-week low of eight on Tuesday, shipping data showed, as owners avoided the key waterway amid continued hostiliti...
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US military operations killed 153 civilians in 2025, official says, citing Pentagon assessment
U.S. military operations in 2025 killed 153 civilians and wounded 243, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, citing Pentagon assessments.
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Yemen's Houthis attacked Saudi ship in Bab el-Mandeb, Houthi-run news agency says
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked a Saudi ship carrying military equipment in Bab el-Mandeb, Houthi-run news agency Saba reported.
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Hormuz Strait to remain closed unless U.S. meets Iran's conditions, Iranian security council says
The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as long as the United States does not change its behaviour and accept Iran's conditions, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Securit...
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Trump says Iran options are let Tehran fail economically or 'hit them really hard'
U.S. President Donald Trump accused Iran of being "devious negotiators" in an interview released late on Monday and described some of his current options in the war — "just bop al...
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Hormuz to stay closed unless US meets Iran's conditions, Iran official says
Before the rhetoric escalated again, Pakistan, along with Qatar, had raised hopes that the two sides might be closing in on a deal that would in effect reopen the vital waterway.
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