Yemen’s Huthis claim deadly Red Sea attack on merchant ship
Dubai (AFP) - Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels claimed responsibility Wednesday for the deadly sinking of a merchant vessel earlier this ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Cambodians at quiet Thai border plead for peace
Poipet (Cambodia) (AFP) - At the usually bustling border crossing of Poipet between Thailand and Cambodia, tuk-tuk driver San Noeun ...
Oil prices drop as Israel agrees to ceasefire proposal
Tokyo (AFP) - Oil prices sank 3. 5 percent Tuesday after Israel said it had agreed to US President Donald ...
Iranians buying supplies in Iraq tell of fear, shortages back home
Penjwen (Iraq) (AFP) - Near the once-bustling Iraqi border crossing of Bashmakh, Iranian driver Fatah stocked up on rice, sugar ...
Fighter jets, refuelling aircraft, frigate: UK assets in Mideast
London (AFP) - Britain is deploying extra fighter jets and other assets to the Middle East amid the escalating conflict ...
Airlines halt many Middle East flights after Israel hits Iran
Paris (AFP) - Global airlines on Friday cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran and other Middle East destinations, or rerouted ...
Jihadist attacks hit Mozambique as Total readies to resume gas project
Maputo (AFP) - A series of attacks in northern Mozambique this month point to a resurgence of violence by Islamic ...
Livestock theft is central to jihadist economy in west Africa
Abidjan (AFP) - Musa was asleep in the village of Dusuman in northeast Nigeria when he was awoken by a ...
Sudan’s booming wartime gold trade flows through the UAE
Port Sudan (Sudan) (AFP) - Sudan's gold industry has become the lifeblood of its war, with nearly all of the ...
Battle for Khartoum wrecks key Sudan oil refinery
Al-Jaili (Sudan) (AFP) - The once-pristine white oil tanks of Sudan's largest refinery have been blackened by nearly two years ...
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