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Saudi Arabia: Turkey and Pakistan to deploy troops to the kingdom in the face of the Houthis
Meeting in emergency session in Riyadh, the members of the Mecca defence pact activated their collective commitments after Houthi attacks on the kingdom. The role of Turkish and Pakistani troops was not specified, as Yemeni forces advanced on the Bab al-Mandab strait.
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Medina: Riyadh accuses the Houthis of targeting the power station that supplies the Prophet's Mosque
Saudi Arabia accuses Yemen's Houthis of striking a power station in Medina that supplies the Prophet's Mosque. The Houthis deny it and denounce Saudi strikes on Sanaa. The Arab League speaks of a "dangerous escalation" as condemnations multiply across the Muslim world.
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Flydubai Dubai-Tel Aviv flight: a pilot stabs his captain and the plane makes an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia
Flydubai flight FZ1073, carrying more than 160 Israeli passengers, made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday after a pilot stabbed the captain. Israel calls it an attempted attack; passengers and a relief crew regained control of the aircraft. Flydubai has suspended its flights to Israel.
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Kaliningrad: Russia threatens NATO with its "entire arsenal" if the exclave is cut off
In a document delivered to NATO headquarters in Brussels, Moscow says it is ready to use its "entire arsenal" if Alliance countries try to cut off Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania. NATO confirmed receiving the warning, which several outlets read as a nuclear threat.
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The last US troops leave Iraq, where Iran's influence is growing
The last US forces of the coalition against the Islamic State leave Iraq on 30 September, in the middle of the war between Washington and Tehran. Baghdad promises to disarm pro-Iranian militias by June 2027; several refuse, and Iraqi officials fear a return of the Islamic State.
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Five men arrested near RAF Fairford, a base used by US forces against Iran, on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act
British police arrested five men near RAF Fairford after three suspicious vans were reported; army bomb-disposal experts examined the vehicles and 85 households were evacuated. London allows Washington to strike Iran from the base. According to the Daily Telegraph, an Iranian lead is among those being examined; police have not named anyone behind the plot.
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Bangkok declared a disaster zone: all 50 districts flooded after nearly 300 mm of rain in two days
Governor Chadchart Sittipunt declared all 50 of Bangkok's districts disaster areas after nearly 300 mm of rain in 48 hours: submerged roads, flooded neighbourhoods, panic buying. Floods hit some twenty provinces and two deaths were reported in Chanthaburi. The army opened shelters; waters began receding on Saturday, less than a year after deadly floods in the country's south.
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After the Trump–Xi summit, Washington and Beijing announce an AI incident channel and tariff cuts on $30 billion of goods
At the end of Xi Jinping's visit, the two countries announced tariff cuts on $30 billion of goods in each direction, a trade council, an AI dialogue in November and a channel for AI-related incidents. Donald Trump nonetheless said he rejects any brake on AI and any cooperation with China on the technology, while Beijing criticised Washington at the UN over Iran and Cuba.
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Iran offers to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the blockade is lifted, and Trump reportedly rejects it
Relayed by Qatar, Abbas Araghchi's plan calls for lifting the naval blockade of Iranian ports, ending oil sanctions and a ceasefire including Lebanon, then reopening Hormuz on day six and resuming nuclear talks on day seven. Tehran rules out nuclear concessions. According to the Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump has rejected it; Tehran awaits an official answer.
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France announces troops to protect Saudi Arabia's Yanbu port as Riyadh rallies Turkey and Pakistan against the Houthis
Emmanuel Macron announced troops, radars and defence systems to protect Yanbu, the fallback route for Saudi oil targeted by Houthi missiles. The same day, Riyadh intercepted six ballistic missiles, and the Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani foreign ministers called an urgent meeting of their army chiefs under their joint defence pact.
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Netanyahu calls the genocide accusation "the biggest lie of the century" at the UN, before a half-empty hall
At the General Assembly rostrum, Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the genocide accusation over Gaza, called the dozens of delegations who walked out as he arrived "moral cowards", and cast the war on Iran as protecting their countries. He attacked Qatar, Turkey and New York's mayor. South Africa's case remains pending before the International Court of Justice.
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