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Egypt Pushes Saudi Defence Vote to October 26 as MPs Demand Details

CAIRO, Oct. 19 -- Egypt's parliament has put off until October 26 its vote on whether the army may be sent to defend Saudi Arabia, even though the MP Mostafa Bakry says no lawmaker has rejected the re... Read More


Nine Days Before Israel Votes, Netanyahu's Security Doctrine Draws Scorn

JERUSALEM, Oct. 19 -- Nine days before Israel's October 27 election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put his security record into a three-page document and asked voters to read it as strategy. Two o... Read More


Qatar Warns Iran War's Energy Shock Has Yet to Peak, Rejects Hormuz Fees

DOHA, Oct. 19 -- Qatar's deputy prime minister told a Doha security forum on Monday that the energy damage from the war on Iran is still building, then said his government has never stopped talking to... Read More


At Least Eight Die in Mortar Blast at Zawiya Camp, Xinhua Reports

ZAWIYA, Oct. 19 -- No official statement had explained what set off the mortar shell that killed at least eight people at a camp in this western Libyan city on Sunday evening, Xinhua reported. Eight o... Read More


Grow together or sink together: Why China-US cooperation is vital to global stability

Bangladesh, Oct. 19 -- The international order is undergoing a profound transformation as global power shifts away from its traditional Western centers toward Asia and the Global South. Against this b... Read More


Saudi Defence Minister Meets UAE President, Cites "Joint Gulf Action"

ABU DHABI, Oct. 19 -- Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, and the public record of the talks is mostly declarations of un... Read More


Al-Azhar Urges Mediation Committee as Saudi-Houthi Fighting Intensifies

CAIRO, Oct. 19 -- Al-Azhar, which The National calls the world's top Sunni Islam institution, asked Arab and Muslim governments on Sunday to form an "urgent" mediation committee as hostilities between... Read More


Houthis Fire Eight Missiles at Marib as Yemen Claims 1,326 Strikes

MARIB, Oct. 19 -- The Houthis launched eight ballistic missiles toward Marib on Sunday, a city that is home to a large population of displaced people, according to a Marib governorate statement posted... Read More


Deaths Confirmed at CFB Wainwright, but Canada Gives No Toll or Cause

WAINWRIGHT, Oct. 18 -- Canada's defence minister said late on Saturday that people had died and others were hurt in an incident at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, then declined to say how many, or wh... Read More


Trump Backs Netanyahu and Warns Israelis the US Would 'Do This Work'

TEL AVIV, Oct. 18 -- Nine days before Israelis vote, Donald Trump has told them that if they choose a leader other than Benjamin Netanyahu, "America will have to do this work ourselves." Trump posted... Read More