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The military spokesperson for Yemen’s internationally recognised government said on Friday that warplanes carried out 20 strikes over ​the past three hours targeting Houthi movements, personnel, vehicles and ‌military equipment in Taiz province. The strikes come amid the most serious escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-aligned Houthis since a UN-brokered truce largely halted cross-border attacks ​in 2022. Unchallenged occupation of southwestern Yemen’s Taiz would give the ​Houthis full control over the country’s north, a tighter grip ⁠on the Red Sea coast and easier access to the south ​and the…

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Seven terrorists were killed and their hideouts destroyed during an intelligence-based operation in the Eidak area of North Waziristan on Friday, security sources said. According to the sources, security forces carried out the operation against militants affiliated with Fitna-ul-Khawarij in the area. The sources said security personnel tracked the militants and eliminated seven of them during the operation. Their hideouts were also destroyed. Security sources said the Pakistan Army has significantly reduced the operational space available to militants in the area. They added that security forces remain committed under the…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will face renewed pressure on Friday as the Gen ‌Z-led Cockroach Janata Party and a separate coalition of student and activist groups stage fresh protests, demanding the resignation of the elections commission chief over a controversial voter roll revision. The CJP will rally in Mumbai and plans to expand demonstrations nationwide ​in the coming days, while student and civil society groups will gather at New ​Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The protests mark the latest escalation in a dispute that has ⁠put unprecedented scrutiny on India’s Election Commission,…

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Supermodel Naomi Campbell won her appeal on Thursday against a five-year ban from being a charity trustee, with a London tribunal ruling ​that the misuse of funds at the charity she founded had been ‌concealed from her. Campbell, one of fashion’s most recognisable faces, founded Fashion for Relief in 2005, aiming to raise funds for humanitarian causes by staging runway shows. But it was removed from the Charity ​Commission’s register in 2024, and Campbell was banned as a trustee shortly afterwards following ​complaints of mismanagement and misconduct. The Charity Commission…

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US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran would face severe consequences if Tehran is found to have any connection to the Flydubai incident in which the co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain during a flight to Israel. Speaking at an event in Texas, Trump said he had been briefed about the incident and suggested the co-pilot could have links to Iran. He did not provide details or evidence to support the claim. “If Iran is involved, Iran will be hit very hard,” Trump said. Trump also said oil prices would…

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Oil prices drifted slightly higher on Friday after China halted fuel exports, while the Wall Street Journal reported that the US is sending more troops and carriers to the Middle East and is also trying to get Europe to draw down more emergency diesel. Brent was up 29 cents, or 0.28%, to $102.60 per barrel at 0022 GMT. West Texas Intermediate rose ​27 cents, or 0.29%, to $93.14. On Thursday, Brent closed more than $4 higher, and WTI was up over $2 following the ​WSJ report and the China export…

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The first two of a batch of 66 new ‌F-16V Block 70 fighter jets ordered in 2019 arrived in Taiwan on Friday after months of delays, helping to strengthen an air force that has to scramble almost daily to shadow China’s military. Taiwan faces a rising military threat from Beijing, which claims the democratically governed island as ​its own territory. Taipei has complained of repeated delays to weapons ordered from the United States, its most ​important international backer and arms supplier. The delivery, to Taitung’s Chihhang Air Base on the…

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The Trump administration imposed sanctions on Iran’s rail and auto sectors and their foreign suppliers, the Treasury Department said on Thursday, widening its wartime economic campaign to isolate Tehran. The ​sanctions are part of the department’s “Operation Economic Outcast,” announced August 24, which aims ​to cut Tehran’s funding for the war, missile construction, cyberattacks and the ⁠Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC. The move extends US economic pressure on Iran from sea to ​land, targeting sectors Tehran has leaned on since a naval blockade cut off its oil ​shipments through the…

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Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry said on Thursday that the Flydubai co-pilot suspected of attacking the captain during a flight bound for Israel has been transferred from the kingdom to the United Arab Emirates. The ministry said the captain and co-pilot left Saudi Arabia for Abu Dhabi on Thursday morning after their health improved and they were cleared by medical teams. They were accompanied by an Emirati security team. An initial investigation found that the co-pilot attacked the captain, resulting in injuries to both, the ministry said. The incident occurred on…

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Saudi Arabia said a drone attack targeted the Taiba Grid Station in the holy city of Madinah early Tuesday, temporarily disabling one electricity transformer but leaving the wider power network operational. Coalition forces spokesman Major General Turki Al-Malki said the attack took place at 5:11am on September 29. He said investigations by the relevant authorities, along with evidence collected from the site and analysis of the drone wreckage, confirmed the involvement of the Houthi militia in planning and carrying out the attack. Al-Malki said one transformer at the station was…

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