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France school protests intensify as 488 detained and 43 police injured
ALBAWABA- At least 488 people were detained and 43 police and gendarmes were injured during nationwide protests in France on Tuesday, as a growing student-led movement over deteriorating school conditions entered its most intense day since it began in September
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Yemeni government fighters shown driving vehicles over Houthi opponents
By Edward CarronOct 6 (Reuters) - Video posted by government forces in Yemen showed them driving armoured cars over Houthi fighters as they recaptured areas around the vitalBab el-Mandeb Strait from the Iran-backed group on Monday in a deadly new phase of the fragmented country’s war.The videos gave a glimpse into the brutal closing stages of a pitched battle for control of territory near the strait that the Houthis had captured last month.
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Iran’s execution drive intensifies as war provides cover for repression
Iran has recently executed more protesters, raising fresh questions about how it is using wartime narratives and global inattention to reshape its approach toward dissent and instill societal fear.
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Syrian president meets Saudi crown prince in Riyadh amid regional tensions
ALBAWABA- Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday during a brief official visit focused on bilateral relations and regional developments
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Iran executes nearly two people a week since January protests
Iran has executed nearly two people a week in political and security cases since the January protests, including over protest- and war-related accusations, while another 194 people face death sentences, an Iran International review of cases shows.
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Californians blast Trump remark that Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles, San Diego
By Steve Gorman and Bo Erickson LOS ANGELES, Oct 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump suggested to a crowd of his supporters in Nebraska that Iran could "take out" a major US city like Los Angeles or San Diego, drawing a swift rebuke from California's Democratic leaders and some fellow Republicans. Trump, speaking at a political rally in the state's farm belt on Monday, discussed American wartime economic sacrifices and said he was determined to "see a tremendous victory, because it verifies all the things we did."
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Iran, US back to ‘square one’ as diplomacy stalls
Rhetoric is hardening on both sides of the Iran-US standoff, with even Iranian analysts traditionally optimistic about diplomacy warning that relations are slipping back to “square one” as military and economic pressure intensifies.
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France conducts first sea launch of upgraded M51.3 nuclear missile
ALBAWABA- France has conducted the first sea launch of its upgraded M51.3 strategic ballistic missile from the nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine Le Vigilant, in a test witnessed by President Emmanuel Macron off the coast of Brittany
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Iran drone plot fears led US to remove bombers from UK base, US officials say
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A suspected plot involving Iran to launch a complex drone attack on a key British airbase led the United States to remove its B-1 bomber aircraft from the base, two US officials told Reuters on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity.Iran has denied any involvement in any alleged plot at RAF Fairford, the preferred European base for US bombers.
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Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer covering West Bank
Armed Israeli settlers on Tuesday beat an AFP photographer, leaving him requiring hospital treatment, as he covered ongoing violence by settlers against West Bank olive farmers. Jaafar Ashtiyeh, 58, a veteran photographer for the international news agency in the Palestinian territory, had tried to rush into a car for safety but two men tackled him down and clobbered him with their rifle butts, according to witnesses, his family and fellow journalists.
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Kuwait strips 415 more of citizenship as crackdown continues: What to know
Kuwait is seeking to attract wealthy foreigners to reside in the country while escalating its crackdown on citizenships it says were obtained fraudulently.
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West Bank olive harvest begins amid settler attacks on Palestinians, groves
Between 80,000 and 100,000 Palestinian families in the West Bank rely on the olive harvest for primary or secondary sources of income, according to the United Nations.
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Three Iranians spied on Iran International journalists in UK, prosecutors say
Three Iranian men spied on Iran International journalists to assist Iranian intelligence services and prepare for serious violence against at least one target, prosecutors told a London court Tuesday.
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White House denies Trump suggested Iran should ‘take out’ US cities
The White House pushed back Tuesday after Democrats accused President Donald Trump of suggesting Iran should "take out" the major US cities of Los Angeles and San Diego. Viral footage showed comments by Trump at a midterm elections rally in Nebraska on Monday, where he said high oil prices from the Iran war were justified by the need to stop Tehran getting nuclear weapons. "It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe," Trump said.
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Syria’s Sharaa in Riyadh as Saudi airports come under Houthi attacks: What to know
Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa held talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a visit to Riyadh as the Houthis escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia and warned international airlines against using Saudi airspace.
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US Senator Murphy says Pentagon denied him access to US base in Qatar
(Amends word order in paragraph 1) By Timour Azhari RIYADH, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy said the US Department of Defense denied him access to a key US military base in Qatar during a visit to the Middle East, describing it as part of a US government effort to conceal the impact of the Iran war. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Al Udeid Air Base is the largest US base in the region and has repeatedly been attacked by Iran during the war launched by the US and Israel in February.
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Key aircraft incidents that reshaped aviation safety rules since 9/11
By Gianluca Lo Nostro Oct 6 (Reuters) - A flydubai co-pilot stabbed his captain with an emergency "crash axe" in what UAE prosecutors have called a terrorist attack, with the plane plunging 16,000 feet in 30 seconds before it was brought under control by passengers and a stand-by crew. It landed safely thanks to some heroics from the injured captain, with all on board surviving. The co-pilot is being questioned, with Israeli officials saying that he had planned the attack even before joining the airline.
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US and Iran still talking, Qatar says
ALBAWABA - Mediator Qatar has said that the U.S. and Iran are still in active talks to end the war which has dragged on and off with varying degrees of intensity for seven months
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Video: Knife attack kills 1 student at a school in Turkey
ALBAWABA - At least one student was killed in a knife attack at a school in Istanbul, Turkey.A teenage girl stabbed colleagues at the Sheikh Shamil Imam Hatip Middle School in Istanbul's Başakşehir district in Istanbul on Tuesday, the education minister revealed in remarks carried by local media
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Assassination attempt on Israeli crime boss
ALBAWABA - A car bomb went off on Meir Feinstein Street in Israel on Tuesday morning, the explosion seriously injured Israeli crime figure Itzik Bar Mocha and his son
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