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Iran-backed Houthi rebels renew attacks on key port city
Iran-backed Houthi rebels have renewed their attacks on the Yemeni government-held city of Mokha, a key port city along the Red Sea, amid their blockade on Saudi exports in response to the Iran war. The attack was preceded by a deadly strike on a vessel off Mokha’s coast in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, killing three…
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Houthis kill four in first deadly attack since start of Iran war, Yemen says
Yemen’s government says four crew members were killed when a small cargo ship was struck by three ballistic missiles in the Red Sea, in an attack suspected to have been carried out by the Iran-backed Houthis. If confirmed, it would be the group’s first deadly strike on a vessel since the wider conflict involving the…
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Two wars and a World Cup lead to epic DDoS attacks on publishers
Cloudflare data shows media, production and publishing was the most heavily targeted sector for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in 2026 so far, driven by the wars in Ukraine and Iran and hacktivist activity linked to the FIFA World Cup. Unlike attacks on e-commerce sites, which typically aim to steal transaction revenue, assaults on publishers are…
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Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty
Lebanon’s parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, a move that would make it the first country in the Middle East to formally end capital punishment. A majority of MPs backed the measure, though Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc voted against it; the legislation now goes to the cabinet before being sent to President Joseph Aoun…
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Chilling new details of Trump’s brazen escape from Iranian assassins sparks outrage
The Daily Mail reports fresh details about an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump, focusing on a dramatic account of his escape aboard Air Force One during a stopover linked to Turkey. The story has generated public anger, with critics highlighting the apparent scale of the threat and questioning how close the plot came…
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Trump Administration Splits MMR Vaccine Into Three Separate Doses, Drawing Medical Warnings
President Trump has signed an executive order modifying federal childhood immunisation policy by separating the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three individual doses spaced across multiple doctor visits,
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US medics slam Trump vaccine order as Air Force One ‘catering cart’ escape claim emerges
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on 10 August directing a review of childhood vaccination guidance. It identifies 11 diseases for which immunisation should be recommended for all children, calls for the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to be offered as three separate products once available, and says childhood immunisations should,…
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Ex-Trump Pentagon chief on Iran: ‘We seem to be on our back foot’
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that the Trump administration appears to be on its “back foot” strategically in the nearly six-month war with Iran, despite heavy damage inflicted on the nation by U.S. military strikes. “Tactically, we have imposed a lot of pain on them through our U.S. military strikes against their Air…
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Woke NYC mayor’s wife who insists she’s ‘private person’ is planning trip to war-torn SYRIA where she’ll be accompanied by taxpayer-funded NYPD security detail
The wife of New York City’s mayor is reportedly planning a trip to Syria, a country still recovering from years of civil war, and will be accompanied by a New York Police Department security detail funded by taxpayers. The report highlights a perceived contradiction between her stated preference for privacy and the public resources being…
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Live updates: Iran holds to demands on Strait of Hormuz, US fires on cargo ship and Trump evades Tehran threat
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday the Strait of Hormuz won’t be reopened until the U.S. meets its conditions, after President Trump said he wants compensation from Iran “for all of the people that they have killed” in the past. He told reporters that Iran has “astonished the whole world” in the war against the United States and…