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By: Marcus Sinclair The “Yemen Dawn” operation launched on 4 October is a tactical decoy. It is a smoke screen for a strategic collapse. The government forces announced their offensive to liberate Houthi-held zones. The Houthis absorbed this push within days. They did not retreat. They counterattacked with drones and ballistic missiles. The government units […]

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(SeaPRwire) – By: Gavin Thorne The firewall is dead, and its corpse is lying on the floor of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament. Tobias Rausch took the gavel as the first AfD politician ever to preside over a German regional legislature. That is a boundary that was supposed to be immutable. It has been crossed […]

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Housing Crisis Set to Dominate Spain's Snap Election

After simmering below the surface for years, anger at unaffordable housing in Spain has bubbled over and precipitated a general election that will be dominated by the crisis. The spark was ignited on September 23 when 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her lifelong Madrid home on a stretcher after the real estate firm that owned the apartment drastically hiked the rent, AFP said. Abascal, who died on Wednesday, became the symbol of a crisis that cuts across Spanish society: young and old, renters and buyers, workers and pensioners.

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Report: Netanyahu manipulated account of warnings before Hamas-led 7 October attack

Report: Netanyahu manipulated account of warnings before Hamas-led 7 October attack Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu manipulated his account of warnings he received before the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. The investigation compared a 55-page document released by Netanyahu in February with original records, meeting summaries and testimonies, finding omissions and changes in wording and context. Amongst such changes include warnings issued in the months b…

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Egypt, South Korea Seek to Expand Strategic Partnership

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s first visit to Seoul in a decade has brought renewed commitments to strengthen bilateral ties and expand cooperation between the two countries. On Wednesday, Sisi attended a roundtable with executives from major South Korean companies and business representatives, with 23 companies taking part, according to the Egyptian presidency.

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Trump says deal with Iran 'isn't really something that I want to do'

Trump says deal with Iran 'isn't really something that I want to do' US President Donald Trump said that his special envoy Steve Witkoff is "doing very well" in discussions with Iran, but added that a deal with Tehran is not his preferred outcome. "He's working on the Iran deal and doing very well. I think the deal isn't really something that I want to do, but they're willing to offer us anything to stop," Trump said during a campaign rally in Texas. "They will never have a nuclear weapon," h…

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