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A drone was intercepted and destroyed over the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia.
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Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has cancelled his trip to India for a BRICS parliamentary meeting, citing “unforeseen circumstances,” Iran’s embassy says.
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Palestinian workers will be barred from working in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Jordan Valley from Sunday through Monday, with some exceptions, the IDF says. On Election Day, October 27, the restrictions will extend to all areas, including industrial zones, and all land crossings will be closed.
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Power went out across Iran’s Kish Island at around 12:50 a.m., residents report. One account attributed the outage to a generator fault and said electricity was being restored gradually. A separate, brief outage was also reported in Khorramshahr.
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Power went out across Iran’s Kish Island at around 12:50 a.m., residents report. One account attributed the outage to a generator fault and said electricity was being restored gradually. A separate, brief outage was also reported in Khorramshahr.
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Iran has made no new offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting the U.S. naval blockade, Tasnim reports, citing an informed source. The source says Tehran is sticking to its seven conditions and will not reopen the strait until its demands are met.
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Trump says a U.S. strike on Iran remains possible.
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Trump confirms he has spoken with Elon Musk about Ukraine but declines to give details of their conversation.
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Asked about intelligence reports that Iran has stepped up efforts to target U.S. personnel in the Middle East, Trump replied: “They’re bad people.”
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz says Israel is not planning to attack Iran before the election, calling such claims an opposition fabrication.
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Trump: “It's a possibility I will attack Iran”
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Trump says the U.S. may have to “finish the job” against Iran unless a deal is reached. “Either way, we win,” he says.
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Trump says he spoke with Elon Musk about restrictions on Ukraine’s Starlink service.
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Riyadh’s international airport will resume flights on Sunday after closing due to Houthi attacks, AFP reports.
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Around 2,000 Palestinians have been displaced during an Israeli military operation in Hebron, in the West Bank, following the killing of two Israeli soldiers, Defense Minister Israel Katz says.
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The Houthis deny targeting Mecca and Medina after Saudi Arabia reported intercepting missiles headed toward the two regions.
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Debris fell in the Mecca and Medina regions of Saudi Arabia after two Houthi ballistic missiles were intercepted, Saudi Civil Defense says.
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The U.S. has updated its travel advisory for the United Arab Emirates, warning that Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia could spread to neighbouring countries.
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U.S. warships in the Middle East are preparing for possible new strikes on Iran in the coming weeks, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ships in the Arabian Sea have been restocked with missiles, bunker-buster bombs and other supplies as Trump weighs further military action.
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Iran has stepped up efforts to target U.S. officials, with plots to kill Americans reaching advanced stages, Axios reports, citing U.S. intelligence.
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