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NGO says climate change driving child marriages and teen pregnancies

The Plan International charity said Monday that global warming has increased the risk of child marriages, teenage pregnancies and violence against girls.

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Israeli army says seized two suspects in south Syria

The Israeli military said on Monday it seized two people it said were approaching an army outpost in an area of southern Syria it has occupied since the overthrow of president Bashar al-Assad.

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At Oct. 7 memorial, Netanyahu says will be no Hamas rule in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed there would be no Hamas rule in Gaza as he attended a memorial event marking three years since the militant group's October 7, 2023 attack.

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Yemen, Saudi Arabia target Houthis in new campaign as war escalates

Yemen's military backed by Saudi jets attacked Houthi targets on Monday as they launched an ambitious campaign to recapture all territory from the Iran-backed group after its lightning gains during the Middle East war.

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Saudi Aramco boss says global oil stockpiles 'scarily thin'

Global oil stockpiles are "scarily thin" owing to the U.S.-Iran war, Saudi Aramco's chief executive Amin Nasser said Monday, days after G7 nations agreed to release more of their inventories to ease supply concerns.

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Kuwaiti jailed for life in UK over bid to attack Israeli embassy

A London court on Monday jailed for life a failed Kuwaiti asylum seeker convicted of trying to break into Israel's London embassy last year to launch a knife attack.

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Teenager loses hand picking up grenade in France school protests

A 15-year-old student lost a hand on Monday picking up a police grenade as part of nationwide protests in France over classroom conditions that have disrupted lessons at hundreds of schools since last week.

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Spain's PM calls snap election after housing bill defeat

Spain's prime minister on Monday called a snap election for November 29, after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government amid nationwide protests.

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Russian officials say 'situation under control' after new pandemic reports

Moscow on Monday downplayed reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague, stressing that post-mortem tests had not detected the disease, while Washington said it was closely monitoring the situation.

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US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for illuminating the brain

The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to U.S. psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their pioneering work in the neuroscience field of optogenetics.

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