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Conflicts·from Oct 13·upd. 5h ago
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Trump accuses Houthis of pushing up oil prices after Riyadh airport strike

Houthi rebels claimed a strike on Riyadh's airport on Saturday, 10 October, that killed at least 13 people by some counts. Saudi Arabia's coalition is now asking civilians in Sanaa to leave a fuel site ahead of a possible strike.

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Migration·from Oct 11·upd. 6h ago

King Felipe VI visits Ceuta and stresses its Spanish sovereignty amid migrant crisis

The king and queen arrived in the Spanish exclave on 13 October, about two and a half months after a mass entry of migrants from Morocco on 30 and 31 July. Moroccan navy vessels in Ceuta waters during that entry only became public on 12 October.

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Conflicts·from Oct 12·upd. 8h ago

Ukraine says it has not struck Russian refineries since Trump's energy truce

Russia hit no Ukrainian energy targets on Tuesday, according to its defence ministry's daily summary, after Trump's 11 October energy ceasefire. Kyiv says it has not struck Russian refineries for two days, while the Financial Times reported that Washington threatened to cut intelligence sharing and disable Starlink.

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Conflicts·from Oct 13·upd. 5h ago

Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemen fuel depot near Sanaa as Houthis threaten Aramco

The coalition says it hit an oil facility on the outskirts of Sanaa after warning residents to leave, while the Houthis have named Aramco sites in Saudi Arabia as targets. The Yemen Petroleum Company says the site holds no fuel stock.

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Conflicts·from Oct 13·upd. 12h ago

Drones hit two ships off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, one sinks, Radev says

The Malta-flagged Chelsea 3, Ukrainian-owned, was hit by three drones about 18 nautical miles off Bulgaria's coast, and a second vessel sank in the same area, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Tuesday, 13 October. All 15 crew of the Chelsea 3 were rescued.

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Conflicts·from Oct 12·upd. 13h ago

Yandex traffic drop after drone strikes does not prove Russian bots went silent

Cloudflare Radar data shows a sharp fall in automated requests from Yandex's network after Ukrainian drone strikes, but the figures measure search-engine crawlers, not social media troll accounts, and no source has produced data showing pro-Kremlin accounts fell silent.

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Conflicts·from Oct 12·upd. 12h ago

NATO general unveils 'theory of victory': block, blunt and break in a Russian attack

Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich presented the plan at the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday, 12 October. He said the alliance does not consider a military confrontation with Russia imminent or inevitable.

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Diplomacy·from Oct 11·upd. 7h ago

Burnham accuses Russia of meddling in 2016 Brexit vote and seeks EU reset

Andy Burnham says the Kremlin was involved in the 2016 referendum and wants a reset with Brussels at a summit on 20 November. Downing Street says he accepts the result as legitimate.

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Conflicts·from Oct 12·upd. 12h ago

UK says Iran's Revolutionary Guard almost certainly directed RAF Fairford plot

Prime Minister Andy Burnham told MPs on Monday, 12 October, that the suspected plot against RAF Fairford was highly likely coordinated in Iran. Seven men have been arrested and all released on bail without charge, while Iran denies any involvement and 29 countries condemned Tehran.

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Conflicts·from Oct 12·upd. 12h ago

Former DR Congo president Joseph Kabila leads new movement allied with M23 rebels

Former president Joseph Kabila has been named leader of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), a political-military movement that includes the M23 rebels. It was presented on Monday, 12 October, at his residence in Goma, a city under M23 control since January 2025.

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Diplomacy·7h ago

Trump says Poland will pay for US base; 88.6% of Poles back it in poll

Trump said before leaving for an Alaska rally that Poland wants to build the base and will pay for it. A United Surveys poll for Wirtualna Polska found 88.6% support for a permanent US base.

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Conflicts·9h ago

Hamburg court to open trial of Ukrainian suspect in Nord Stream sabotage

The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg will hear charges against Serhii K., a Ukrainian accused of complicity in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions, from Wednesday, 14 October 2026. The case has drawn political attention in Germany because of the defendant's nationality.

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