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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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Houthis warn Saudi airspace dangerous for civilian flights

Yemen's Houthis warned airlines on Monday that Saudi airspace was unsafe for civilian flights, the group's Saba news agency reported, after the Saudi-led coalition said it had joined a counteroffensive announced by Yemen's internationally recognized government.

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Netanyahu orders security review of flights to Israel after flydubai attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a security review of international flights to Israel on Sunday, after an attempt by an Omani co-pilot to crash an Israel-bound plane from Dubai.

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Yemen presidency announces military drive to retake all Houthi territory

Yemen's leader has announced the start of a new military operation to retake all territory held by the Houthis, even as the group made fresh gains on the ground, effectively encircling a government-held city.

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Houthi claims of attack on Saudi capital 'misleading', coalition says

Claims by Yemen's Houthis to have attacked Riyadh are "misleading", the Saudi-led coalition battling the group said, after an AFP journalist saw flames at an oil facility near the Saudi capital.

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Iran FM tells US there is no military solution to conflict

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that there was no military solution to his country's conflict with the United States, with talks on ending the war apparently at an impasse.

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Oil tankers attacked in Hormuz strait

Two oil tankers have been struck by "unidentified projectiles" in the Strait of Hormuz region, a British maritime agency said Friday, in the latest threat to shipping in the waterway.

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First Israeli repatriation flight lands in Tel Aviv after flydubai attack

The first flight carrying Israelis home from the United Arab Emirates after services were suspended following the flydubai attack landed in Tel Aviv early Saturday, according to Israel's airport authority website.

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Flydubai co-pilot had been banned from flying over radical views

UAE investigators have said the co-pilot of a flydubai flight to Israel this week was planning a "terrorist act" and used the cockpit's emergency axe to attack the captain, but they did not reveal his motive.

Initial findings from the UAE's investigation into the attack also did not confirm his nationality, according to a report Saturday from the country's state news agency WAM, but a Saudi source has confirmed to AFP that he was Omani.

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Israeli minister fined over video showing him threaten Palestinian inmate

Israel's elections commission has fined National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir for a video he posted on X in which he threatened to "put to death" a Palestinian prisoner, arguing the footage was electoral propaganda.

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