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Houthis Seize Perim Island and Strike Saudi Oil Infrastructure in Red Sea Escalation

Iran-aligned Houthi forces captured Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb and launched drone and ballistic missile attacks on a Saudi airbase and the East-West oil pipeline, forcing a temporary shutdown of the key export route.
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Trump Rejects Calls for Advanced AI Development Freeze Despite Cybersecurity Warnings
Bank of Japan Poised to Raise Rates to 1.25%, Highest in 31 Years
Guterres Warns UN Faces Financial Collapse as U.S. Withholds More Than $4 Billion
North Korea Fires Short-Range Ballistic Missiles After U.S.-South Korea-Japan Drills
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Leaders Jointly Demand Route to Leave UK
Houthis Seize Perim Island and Strike Saudi Oil Infrastructure in Red Sea Escalation
U.S. Women Reach Basketball World Cup Final After Beating Spain
Elena Rybakina Defeats Aryna Sabalenka to Win U.S. Open and Claim No. 1 Ranking
Alexander Zverev Beats Ben Shelton to Win U.S. Open Men’s Title
U.S. Authorities Warn Over Viral ‘Cat in the Hat’ Property-Damage Trend
Wisconsin Congressman Survives Emergency Water Landing After Aircraft Failure
CDC Declares End to Record U.S. Cyclospora Outbreak
Trespasser Arrested at Kamala Harris’s California Home
Four Killed in Louisiana Stabbing Attacks as Police Detain Person of Interest
U.S. Removes Tariffs on Irish Whisky Imports
Trump Endorses Unified Ireland During Dublin Visit, Prompting Diplomatic Backlash
U.S. Envoy Jared Kushner Says Israeli Strike in Doha Risks Greater Diplomatic Isolation
U.S. Senators Press OpenAI for Answers After Hugging Face Security Breach
Federal Judge Blocks Homeland Security Plan to Cut FEMA Workforce in Half
Trump Rejects Technology Industry Calls to Slow Advanced AI Development
Mike Johnson Pushes Back on Trump’s Proposed $5,000 Midterm Dividend
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