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UAE bars flights by Iran's airlines

Iranian media said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates had suspended flights operated by Iran's airlines, to comply with U.S. sanctions.

"All flights by Iranian airlines to the United Arab Emirates have been cancelled since midnight," the ISNA news agency said.

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Iran warns it may expand war to Indian Ocean if US attacks again

An adviser to Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned on Thursday that Tehran may expand the Middle East war to the Indian Ocean if the U.S. or Israel attacks again.

"Since the conflict has spread from the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea, it is possible that, in response to more war, the front will expand even further, reaching the Indian Ocean and perhaps beyond," said Yahya Rahim Safavi in a video released by Iran's Fars news agency.

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Seven killed in Russian strike on Ukraine farm near Kharkiv

Seven people were killed in a Russian strike on a farm in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Prime Minister Sergiy Koretsky said, after a wave of attacks across the country.

"In the morning, a drone struck an agricultural enterprise, killing seven people and injuring 10," he wrote on Telegram.

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Tech elite's new school aims to replace university

The most powerful venture capital firm in Silicon Valley is starting a two-year private school for young people intended to replace college, as some U.S. tech elite question the benefits of a classical university education.

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New documents revive suspicions over Hitler's role in niece's death

Newly unearthed records in a Munich archive have cast doubt on Adolf Hitler's whereabouts at the time of his niece's suspicious 1931 death, according to news magazine Der Spiegel.

Hitler's unusually close and controlling relationship with his niece, Geli Raubal, has long been the subject of speculation and rumor, and newspaper reports at the time suggested that Hitler may have played a role in her death.

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French court confirms rape trial for PSG and Morocco star Hakimi

A French court on Wednesday upheld a decision to send Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco footballer Achraf Hakimi to trial on a rape charge, a judicial source told AFP.

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Iran 'toughens' conditions for ending war after US deal collapse

Revolutionary Guards spokesman Hossein Mohebi said on Tuesday that Iran had hardened its conditions for ending the war with the United States following the collapse of a June deal, adding Washington now had "no choice" but to accept its demands.

Iran had previously agreed with the United States to a memorandum of understanding laying out a pathway to a permanent settlement of the conflict, only for the deal to later unravel as each side accused the other of violating it.

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UN chief calls on China, US to establish AI dialogue

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for AI superpowers the United States and China to start a dialogue on the fast-moving technology's future akin to U.S.-Soviet engagement at the height of the Cold War.

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UN chief says 'Big Oil' treats atmosphere as open sewer

Major global oil companies are treating the atmosphere like an "open sewer," the outgoing United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Tuesday in a withering attack on the energy industry at the UN's high-level meeting.

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Mbappe continues media push for Ballon d'Or recognition

France and Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe continued his media push to win the Ballon d'Or by insisting on Tuesday that he feels confident he will claim the prestigious award.

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