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France in turmoil: What happens next? - reuters.com/world/europe/fra…

France in turmoil after riots and looting: What we know

France saw some of the worst unrest in years at the weekend as huge protests across the country over the cost of living and underfunded public services descended into riots and looting.

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The midterm election outcomes that could shape Trump's final two years - reuters.com/legal/government…

The midterm election outcomes that could shape Trump's final two years

Democrats need a net gain of four seats in both the US House of Representatives and US Senate to overturn Republicans' narrow 218-214 and 53-47 majorities.

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How one hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores of sites - reuters.com/legal/government…

EXCLUSIVE: How one hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores of sites

Over the past couple of weeks, a cybersecurity researcher watched as a Chinese-speaking hacker broke into websites belonging to more than 100 companies by tasking AI-agents to pull off complex...

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Qatar will soon announce local defence production hub, minister of state says - reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

Qatar will soon announce local defence production hub, minister of state says

The Gulf Arab state of Qatar will soon announce ​a defence production hub, the minister of ‌state for defence affairs told the Global Security Forum in Doha on Monday.

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Explainer: What's behind Egypt's move towards possible military involvement in Saudi-Yemen conflict? - reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

Explainer: What's behind Egypt's move towards possible military involvement in Saudi-Yemen conflict?

Egypt's parliament is expected to vote next week on whether to authorise the armed forces to help defend Saudi Arabia against attacks by Yemen's Houthis if Riyadh requests its support.

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Iran's Araqchi blames US for Strait of Hormuz tensions, calls for diplomacy - reuters.com/world/irans-araq…

Iran's Araqchi blames US for Strait of Hormuz tensions, calls for diplomacy

Iranian ​Foreign Minister Abbas ‌Araqchi said regional issues should be resolved through ​diplomacy and ​blamed the United States for ⁠insecurity and tensions ​in the Strait ​of Hormuz, speaking at a...

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Iran urges US to accept proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz - reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

Iran urges US to accept proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Iran's offer to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days is still on ​the table, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told Iranian media ‌outlets on Sunday.

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Iran's parliament approves Mehrdad Akhlaqi as minister of defence - reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

Iran's parliament approves Mehrdad Akhlaqi as minister of defence

Iran's parliament approved Mehrdad Akhlaqi Ketabchi as defence minister on Sunday, ending months of interim leadership at the ​ministry and placing a former defence sector veteran in ‌charge of the...

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Trump mocks popularity of the name Mohammad, common among Muslims - reuters.com/world/us/trump-m…

Trump mocks popularity of the name Mohammad, common among Muslims

US President Donald Trump made a joke about the popularity of the name Mohammad in the Muslim world ​as he mocked Iran's presidency during a campaign speech on Friday.

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Iran's Guards say two tankers hit mines in Strait of Hormuz - reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

Iran's Guards say two tankers hit mines in Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy said on Saturday that two ​oil tankers had caught fire after hitting naval ‌mines while crossing the Strait of Hormuz, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.

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Explosion at Iraqi paramilitary alliance base kills one member, sources say - reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

Explosion at Iraqi paramilitary alliance base kills one member, sources say

An explosion ​at the Popular Mobilisation ‌Forces headquarters in Baghdad killed one member of ​the Iraqi paramilitary group ​and wounded four others, ⁠according to a security ​and a medical source.

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Trump says US may need to strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain - reuters.com/world/trump-says…

Trump says US may need to strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain

President Donald Trump said the US may have to ​target Pickaxe Mountain, a site linked to Iran's nuclear ‌program, as he aims to ensure Tehran does not get a nuclear weapon. In an interview with...

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In Yemen's besieged Taiz, families take shelter as Houthis close in - reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

In Yemen's besieged Taiz, families take shelter as Houthis close in

Ali Hassan and his family took shelter under a stairwell at a school in Taiz as Iran-allied Houthi forces closed in around them, tightening a siege ​of Yemen's third-largest city.

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Why is the battle for Yemen's Taiz so important? - reuters.com/world/why-is-bat…

Why is the battle for Yemen's Taiz so important?

The city of Taiz is rapidly emerging as the most important battlefront in Yemen's reignited civil war, pitting the Iran-allied Houthis against the internationally recognised government, which is...

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Houthis target dozens of Saudi airports, ports and oil facilities - reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

Yemen's Houthis hit palace in Aden, coalition details attacks on Saudi infrastructure

Yemen's Houthis fired missiles at the presidential palace complex in the southern ​city of Aden on Thursday, killing five people, the government said, as the Saudi-led coalition listed dozens of...

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The ​Trump ‌administration has ​issued ​fresh Iran-related sanctions ⁠targeting ​16 ​individuals and 10 ​entities, ​according to a ‌notice ⁠posted on the ​US ​Department ⁠of ​Treasury ​website ⁠on - reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

US issues fresh Iran-related sanctions, Treasury website shows

The ​Trump ‌administration has ​issued ​fresh Iran-related sanctions ⁠targeting ​16 ​individuals and 10 ​entities, ​according to a ‌notice ⁠posted on the ​US ​Department ⁠of ​Treasury ​website ⁠on...

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Hezbollah says it owned confiscated explosives, meant to attack Israel - reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

Hezbollah says it owned confiscated explosives, meant to attack Israel

A Hezbollah lawmaker said on Thursday that ​hundreds of kilograms of explosives seized last week by Lebanese security forces belonged to his ‌group, as tensions persist over the government's push to...

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How Aramco learned to keep pumping oil under fire - reuters.com/business/energy/… @dmitryZ_reuters

How Aramco learned to keep pumping oil under fire

When attack drones struck Saudi Aramco's biggest oil pipeline last month, satellite images showed one of its pumping stations burnt ​to ashes. By the next day, scores of bulldozers were already...

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How the Houthis are helping Iran turn Saudi Arabia into a pressure point - reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

How the Houthis are helping Iran turn Saudi Arabia into a pressure point

The Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia are about more than Yemen.

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Iran’s precision strikes picked apart Gulf infrastructure, blunting US war plans - reuters.com/investigations/i…

How Iran's precision strikes picked apart Gulf infrastructure

Iran has hit Gulf infrastructure dozens of times in precision strikes, blunting the US war effort. Gulf governments have often hidden the extent of the damage.

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