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These are the top headlines from Arab News, the Middle East’s leading English-language daily, at 6am GMT.
- US strikes Iran radar sites after Iranian drone launch
- Kuwait, Bahrain respond to second attack in days amid renewed Iran-US confrontation
- UN Security Council marks 2 years of Houthi detentions, demands immediate release of 73 UN staff
- UN peacekeeping chief outlines options for post-UNIFIL monitoring force in southern Lebanon
- Riyadh Air takes delivery of first two custom-built Dreamliners
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#SPOTLIGHT: Treating a girl’s silence as consent is incompatible with children’s rights, says #UN watchdog @SophieKiladze on #Afghanistan’s new marriage rules https://t.co/7aP4Qq1uff
#Saudi Arabia's @RiyadhAir has received its first two custom-built #Boeing 787-9 #Dreamliners, a key milestone as the Kingdom's new national carrier prepares to launch international operations and expand to more than 100 destinations by 2030. https://t.co/1Omd0APWKV
#Nigeria's banditry crisis has reached a tipping point: an influential emir is now telling villagers to arm themselves and "lay down their lives" if necessary. The state, he says, can no longer protect them. #Kebbi https://t.co/uY5qlGIg5t
#BREAKING: #Bahraini Ministry of Interior urge citizens and residents to head to the nearest safe location as authorities respond to drone attacks https://t.co/Il7QsmLt9i
#IranWar
Russian President Vladimir Putin held ‘friendly one-on-one meeting’ with former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Kremlin says. https://t.co/eRWWWqHaG5