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Middle East
Saudi Arabia says reserves 'right to take military actions' over Iran attacks
Saudi Arabia has not ruled out military action in response to repeated missile and drone attacks from Iran, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farh...
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Lebanon
Hezbollah targets south Israel in deepest strike to date
Air raid sirens rang out late Wednesday across Israel from the north to the south following what Israeli media said was one or more missile launche...
Riot police scuffled with protesters, including lawmakers, at the Istanbul branch of Turkey's main opposition CHP party where a state-appointed trustee entered by force Monday after its elected leadership was removed.
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Mohamed Ben Romdhane scored in added time to give Tunisia a 1-0 win in Equatorial Guinea on Monday and qualification for the 2026 World Cup in North America.
Victory for Tunisia gave them an unassailable lead in Group H and they are the second African nation to secure a place at the tournament after Morocco.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he was issuing a "last warning" to Hamas, saying the Palestinian militant group must accept a deal to release hostages in Gaza.
"The Israelis have accepted my terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well. I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last warning," Trump said on social media, without elaborating further.
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U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to impose more sanctions on Russia, after the Kremlin unleashed its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine.
Russian missiles and drones rained down across Ukraine early Sunday, killing four people and setting government offices in the capital Kyiv ablaze.
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Israel's defense minister told Hamas on Monday to lay down its arms or face annihilation, after U.S. President Donald Trump said the militant group must accept a deal to release hostages in Gaza.
The warnings came as the Israeli military intensified its bombings and operations around Gaza City, which it has vowed to capture in a bid to finally defeat Hamas after nearly two years of devastating conflict.
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Eight key members of the OPEC+ alliance have agreed to again boost oil production, in a strategy analysts saw as a bid to gain a bigger market share of sales of crude.
Oil ministers in the V8 grouping -- comprising Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman -- decided Sunday to increase daily production by 137,000 barrels a day from next month, they said in a statement.
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France has called the cabinet's decision to ask the Lebanese Army to implement the disarmament plan "a new positive step."
"France calls on all Lebanese actors to support the peaceful implementation of the plan without delay," the French foreign ministry said.
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A Hezbollah lawmaker vowed that the group will not abandon its weapons, a day after the Lebanese government ordered the army to begin implementing a plan to disarm it.
Amid heavy pressure from the United States and fears Israel might intensify its military operations, the government last month ordered the army to draw up a plan to disarm Hezbollah by the end of the year.
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The Israeli army said two projectiles were launched Sunday from the Gaza Strip, with Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad claiming responsibility for the rocket fire, which caused no casualties or damage.
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An Israeli strike flattened a high-rise in Gaza City on Saturday -- the second in as many days -- after the military warned people to move to a "humanitarian zone" ahead of a planned offensive against the urban hub.
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