Headlines- According to Yemen's government, a Houthi missile attack on the al-Maashiq presidential palace in Aden was survived by the prime minister and cabinet. At least five people died and sixteen were injured.
- Attacks on King Khalid International Airport between October 7 and October 11 resulted in 17 fatalities and 333 injuries, according to the spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
- Since October 1, 20 attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have been reported, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. Two of these incidents were reported on Wednesday.
- Iran's navy said an oil tanker that tried to cross a forbidden area in the Sea of Oman is on fire in the eastern portion of the Strait of Hormuz.
- After a shooting at an elementary school in Oregon on Thursday, at least three people—including children—have died.
- Nidal Hasan, a convicted military base shooter who killed 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood in Texas, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3, US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was canceling plans to broadcast the execution live.
- Only a few days after undergoing surgery, Pope Leo XIV resumed work, the Vatican press office announced on Thursday.
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Escaping from Scam Center on Cambodia’s...
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Myanmar Junta Prepares to Send Migrant...
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Tibetan Monk in Poor Health After...
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Myanmar Military Presses Offensive After Two...
territory lost to anti-junta fighters and killed 11 villagers in its latest assaults, a pro-democracy militia member said on Thursday, after two ethnic minority forces agreed to ceasefires, leaving their pro-democracy allies on their own.
North Korea Bans 2 South Korean...
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Bangkok Court Clears Thai Woman of...
A Bangkok court on Thursday acquitted a Thai woman accused of supporting two Chinese ethnic Uyghur men suspected of carrying out a 2015 bombing that killed 20 people at a Hindu shrine popular with tourists from China.
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