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The US military is considering deploying the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb against Iranian sites if operations resume. CNN reports this could escalate the conflict significantly.
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Australia, New Zealand and Japan issue fresh travel alerts for Saudi Arabia Australia and New Zealand have updated their travel advisories for Saudi Arabia, while Japan advised its citizens against non-essential travel to the kingdom. Australia urged its citizens to reconsider travel plans and placed King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh under a direct “do not travel” warning, days after a Houthi strike on the airport killed 13 people and wounded more than 300 others. New Zealand raised…
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UK's global sanctions regime against Israeli settlements comes into effect The United Kingdom's new global sanctions regime against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank came into effect on Thursday. The enforcement was timed to take effect on 15 October, days before the 19 October deadline for bids in the E1 (East 1) settlement construction tenders in the West Bank. In September, Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced the country's strongest package of sanctions against Is…
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At least 350 Palestinian children currently face 'harsh conditions' in Israeli prisons.
