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King Salman, Crown Prince congratulate Iotova on winning Bulgarian presidential election
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman congratulated Iliana Iotova on her victory in the presidential election of Bulgaria.
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US: Trump labels Democrats 'dangerous' ahead of midterms
US President Donald Trump said the Democrats nominated "the most extreme and dangerous" candidates in US history in the midterms. He also lowered expectations by saying a sitting president "doesn't win" the midterms.
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Yemen’s Houthis advance to within 80 km of Aden, sources say
The Houthis have advanced to within 80 km of Aden, bringing them closer to the de-facto capital than at any point since the early months of the war in 2015.