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Witnesses spot Eritrean troops inside northern Ethiopia as tensions flare
Eritrea dismisses allegation as Ethiopia's pretext for more war.
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Trump says ‘we don’t think’ Russian plague is bio-weapon
Trump says ‘we don’t think’ Russian plague is bio-weapon
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Most Americans oppose Trump’s taxpayer-funded ‘golden age’ ads: Poll
Trump says he will pay for future ads, but the White House says taxpayers will not be reimbursed for past ones.
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Will Trump's data centre reckoning boost Democrats in the midterms? | The National
US electorate growing increasingly agitated by tech executives as midterm elections loom
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Turkey to send Mecca pact to parliament, opening path to Saudi deployment
Parliamentary ratification will remove a legal hurdle for Turkish military deployment to Saudi Arabia under a trilateral defense pact.
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Houthis strike Aden airport as number of people displaced by latest Yemen fighting tops 200,000
Houthis strike Aden airport as number of people displaced by latest Yemen fighting tops 200,000
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Erdogan aide named suspect in Turkey financial scandal
Former AKP deputy chairwoman Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya is facing allegations of being linked to a market manipulation scandal.
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Bulgaria halts rescue operation for crew of sunken ship
By Alex LefkowitzSOFIA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Bulgaria has halted its search for the missing crew of a ship that sank after being hit by a drone about 70 nautical miles (130 km) off its coast, Vice-Admiral Rumen Nikolov of the Maritime Administration Executive Agency said on Wednesday.Early on Tuesday, two ships were hit in a drone attack in Bulgaria's Black Sea exclusive economic zone. One sank and the other was damaged. The crew of the damaged ship were rescued, but the crew of the sunken one remain missing.
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Rubio, in Greece, calls for the West to restore founding democratic principles and values
Secretary of State Marco Rubio call on the nations of the West to return to their civilizational roots and restore the values that drove the rise of Europe and North America to global dominance for centuries. In Athens on Wednesday to discuss deepening economic, energy and security cooperation with Greece, Rubio delivered a speech near the ruins of the Acropolis, a widely recognizable symbol of the city’s ancient civilization associated with the creation of popular participatory government and the social contract.
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France summons Iran ambassador over school protests ‘disinformation campaign’
France has summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest against alleged disinformation spread by Iran regarding high school protests in France. The French foreign ministry condemned the misleading content disseminated by Iranian officials.
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Why it is legitimate to ask whether Zionism is inherently racist
Backlash against the UK Green Party passing a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism obscures a serious historical and political debate.
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Israel bars Palestinian election officials from Jerusalem, Gaza
Israel has denied Palestinian Central Elections Commission officials entry to Gaza and East Jerusalem ahead of legislative elections scheduled for 28 November.
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A new civil society alliance is testing Tunisia’s one-man rule
In-Depth: With living costs rising and political freedoms shrinking, Tunisia’s civil society is attempting to build a broader front against Kais Saied’s rule
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Tunisia blocks 300km ’Dignity March’ from reaching capital
Tunisian police blocked unemployed graduates from marching into Tunis after they walked nearly 300 kilometres to demand promised public-sector jobs.
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EU Parliament investigates Rima Hassan over Israeli flag protest
French MEP Rima Hassan faces scrutiny from the European Parliament over an incident involving flags at a commemoration of the 7 October attacks.
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Germany’s Merz vows to fight ‘extremism’ after AfD, far-left election gains
Far-right and far-left parties gain ground in local elections as Merz's approval rating sinks.
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France summons Iran ambassador over disinformation campaign on student protests
France summons Iran ambassador over disinformation campaign on student protests France summoned Iran's ambassador on Wednesday over what foreign ministry spokesperson Pascal Confavreux described as an Iranian disinformation campaign targeting France's secondary school student protest movement. The envoy was told of the "absolutely unacceptable" nature of false content disseminated online by official Iranian foreign ministry accounts, Confavreux said in a statement, adding that Tehran's 6 Octo…
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German politicians warn of antisemitism on October 7 anniversary
Leading German politicians including Chancellor Merz and President Steinmeier called for people to reject antisemitism.