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Iran-allied Houthis say they attacked Saudi oil sites, strikes reported on Yemen’s Aden

Houthi activists taking part in an anti-Saudi rally in Sanaa, Yemen, in July 2026.

Iran has ramped up efforts to target US personnel, intelligence memo warns

Members of Iran’s militia forces (Basij) taking part in a military march in Tehran, Iran, in September 2026.

Netanyahu says Israel mulling over crypto ahead of possible sanctions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel need to prepare ways to evade banking sanctions through an alternative economic system.

UAE’s Ras Al Khaimah shuts all beaches as neighbours grapple with oil spill

A satellite image of an oil spill off the coast of Umm Al Quwain, UAE, on Oct 19.

Around 1,200 Palestinians are displaced in Hebron as Israel begins military operation

People pass packages under a closed checkpoint gate to the Israeli occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Oct 24.

Jordan church attack survivor says assailant pointed handgun at him

A photo of the grounds of St George’s Greek Orthodox Church in the village of Hamoud, Karak, Jordan, taken on Oct 24.

To bring down Netanyahu, Arab-Israeli parties ready for opposition alliance

Mansour Abbas, head of Israel’s conservative Islamic Raam party, at a campaign rally in the Arab-Israeli village of Abu Gosh on Oct 21.

Netanyahu says Palestinian Authority in for ‘big surprise’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to answer directly when he was asked if he would dismantle the Palestinian Authority.

Netanyahu has reinvented himself. Will voters think it’s enough?

At 77, Benjamin Netanyahu is already Israel’s longest-serving prime minister.

Iranian president to meet Putin in Moscow: Iran media

The report follows an earlier meeting between Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (right) and Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Oct 19.

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