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Strikes blamed on Saudi Arabia killed a dozen people in Houthi-held Yemen on Wednesday, while the Iran-backed group targeted the perimeter of the airport in government stronghold Aden, the latest violence since Yemen’s war reignited this summer. Houthi broadcaster Almasirah reported 14 dead “and 10 wounded, including women and children in a preliminary toll,” in attacks blamed on Saudi Arabia that hit a market and a petrol station in the northwestern Jawf province. In Aden, a Houthi missile fell inside the perimeter of the airport shortly before the Iran-backed group…

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Results from Israel’s hard-fought election pointed Wednesday to no clear winner as a leader of the Arab minority appealed to a hesitant opposition to join forces to end the divisive reign of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. With more than three-quarters of the vote counted, Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc was slightly ahead but still short of a majority in Tuesday’s election, the first since the October 7, 2023, attack, which has led Israel to wage war in Gaza and across the region. Both Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister who is allied with…

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Yemen’s Houthis on Wednesday called ​on people to evacuate immediately from ‌the international airport in Aden, where the internationally recognised, Saudi-backed ​government is based. Houthi spokesperson ​Yahya Saree said in his ⁠post on X that ​the evacuation was due to ​what he said was the presence there of a Saudi military ​cargo aircraft carrying weapons. ​There was no immediate comment from Saudi ‌authorities. The ⁠Houthi militia, which controls the capital Sanaa in the north, has repeatedly struck ​the airport, ​a ⁠humanitarian lifeline and gateway for southern Yemen. Explosions ​were heard…

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Michigan’s tight race for an open US Senate seat will help determine control of the chamber while testing two broader questions: whether identity-based attacks on a Muslim candidate can succeed in a ​battleground state, and how willing Democratic voters are to embrace the party’s progressive wing. Republican Mike Rogers has sought to portray Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, who would be the nation’s first ‌Muslim senator if he wins the November 3 election, as sympathetic to Islamist extremism, which El-Sayed denies and supporters say is Islamophobic. Rogers has also argued that El-Sayed’s…

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Two teenage plaintiffs who say social media caused them to develop serious mental health problems will take Meta Platforms and Snap to trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday in the ​latest test of claims raised in thousands of US lawsuits over social media’s impact on young people. The case is only the second to go to trial involving individual plaintiffs who allege that ‌social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive. Social media companies lost the first such trial to the tune of $6 million in damages in…

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Benjamin Netanyahu won the support of an unexpectedly clear majority of Israeli Jews in an election billed as a major turning ​point in his nation’s history, apparently ensuring he will survive as prime minister at least in a caretaker role. With around 70.7% of votes tallied on Wednesday morning, Israeli media forecast Netanyahu’s bloc of ‌right-wing, far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties winning 54 seats in parliament, far surpassing 47 for the opposition bloc of rival Gadi Eisenkot. Parties representing Israelis of Arab descent would win 19 seats. The results could still…

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At least 30 people have been killed in a crash between two trains in central Spain, local media reported on Wednesday, as emergency services responded to the crash in the province of Toledo. Spain’s rail infrastructure operator ADIF said the accident occurred on Wednesday morning, prompting the suspension of rail services between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia. At least 30 people have been killed in the crash, the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha said. The cause of the crash and ‌full details of casualties are still being determined. Spanish public…

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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has ordered local government elections to be held without delay in 23 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where the delimitation process has been completed, while excluding 12 districts affected by the state of emergency. In its reserved verdict announced by a five-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja on Wednesday, the ECP directed the provincial government and its election authorities to prepare an election schedule for the eligible districts. The commission also ordered that a fresh delimitation schedule be issued immediately for…

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has fined Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf 20% of his match fee for breaching the code of conduct during the One-Day International (ODI) tri-nation series match against England on Sunday. According to an ICC statement, Rauf was also handed one demerit point, taking his total to five over the past 24 months. The incident occurred at the end of the 46th over of Pakistan’s innings, when Rauf was involved in a heated exchange with England all-rounder Will Jacks. Match officials said Rauf continued arguing with…

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At least 10 people have been killed in a crash between two trains in central Spain, local media reported on Wednesday, as emergency services responded to the crash in the province of Toledo. Spain’s rail infrastructure operator ADIF said the accident occurred on Wednesday morning, prompting the suspension of rail services between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia. Spanish public broadcaster TVE reported that the collision involved two high-speed trains travelling in the same direction, with one train striking the rear of the other and knocking two carriages. “The information we…

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