Axios: Yemeni government forces backed by Saudi Arabia launched a counteroffensiveagainst the Houthis on Sunday in an effort to win back territory from the rebel group, the head of Yemen's presidential council said in a speech.
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Axios: Two members of Iran's delegation to the UN General Assembly in New York were "kicked out" of the country on Saturday, several days after they were asked to leave, a U.S. official said.
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Reuters: Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen, with options being considered including a coastal push to secure the Red Sea shipping route or an assault on multiple fronts.
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Politico: President Donald Trump is expected to travel to at least 10 states in the final four weeks of the campaign, according to a senior White House official and another person with direct knowledge of the president’s travel schedule.
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Axios: President Trump's top cabinet members huddled for hours at Camp David on Friday to discuss next steps in the Iran war and the Saudi-Houthi conflict in Yemen.
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Wall Street Journal: Chinese officials made unusual demands that the U.S. accommodate Xi Jinping’s need for rest during a summit with President Trump, offering a rare glimpse of the 73-year-old leader’s emerging physical limitations.
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Bloomberg: Khaldoon Al Mubarak, the Manchester City chairman, met a senior UK minister to discuss the United Arab Emirates’ investments in Britain days before news emerged that the football club had been found guilty of breaching financial rules.
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En quelques années, la position de la France s’est non seulement dégradée dans l’absolu, mais aussi en relatif. En Europe, la France est devenue le maillon faible.
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CNN: At the same time Jared Kushner has acted as a key negotiator in the war in Gaza, his private equity company, Affinity Partners, has held the largest stake in an Israeli firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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Reuters: Chinese construction of a runway on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago is well underway with analysts estimating it could be completed by mid-2027, strengthening Beijing's military control over the disputed South China Sea.
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Reuters: The US State Department said on Thursday it has waived human rights conditions for more than $300 million of military aid to Egypt in light of Cairo's "helpful role" since the launch of the US war with Iran.
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Reuters: Representatives of the Syrian government and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have held face-to-face talks in Turkey to try to calm tensions between them, according to six sources briefed on the first known meeting between the longtime foes.
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Washington Post: The Trump administration has stripped tens of millions of dollars in U.S. military assistance from European and Middle Eastern countries and will give those funds instead to conservative-leaning governments in Latin America.
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Axios: The U.S. military in recent weeks sent two additional Patriot missile batteries to protect oil and gas facilities in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, two U.S. officials and one regional source said.
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Politico: President Donald Trump is considering a trip to upstate New York on Oct. 9 to appear alongside Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions.
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FT: Vladimir Putin has instructed his military leaders to abandon the rules of war, prompting a steep increase in strikes on civilian targets amid a major push to regain the advantage in the conflict, according to intelligence intercepted by Kyiv.
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WSJ: OpenAI has fired three researchers for alleged misconduct, including sharing confidential company information with a third-party AI-safety organization, according to people familiar with the matter.
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WSJ: The Pentagon is sending a third aircraft-carrier strike group and an additional Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East, adding 9,000 to 10,000 more troops to the region as President Trump considers renewing strikes on Iran after the midterms.
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Axios: The initial investigation into the attempted hijacking of the FlyDubai flight from the UAE to Israel found that the co-pilot went through religious Islamic radicalization in recent months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News.
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