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Saudi-backed forces gather on Yemen border as separatists face pressure to pull back
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor December 18, 2025

Southern Transitional Council, backed by UAE, told it could face airstrikes after its recent huge territorial gainsAs many as 20,000 Saudi-backed forces are gathering on the border of Yemen as the separatist Southern Transitional Council comes under pr…

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Morocco accused of ‘horrific’ abuse of detained gen Z protesters
ByRenée Boskaljon December 18, 2025

As country prepares to host Africa Cup of Nations, families and rights groups tell of police brutality, with hundreds still heldThe arbitrary detention of hundreds of gen Z protesters in Morocco and alleged “horrific” beatings have been condemned by hu…

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Peter Arnett, Pulitzer prize-winner who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, dies aged 91
ByAssociated Press December 18, 2025

Arnett won 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War coverage for the Associated PressPeter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war …

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How Israel’s ‘yellow line’ is dividing Gaza with deadly consequences – video explainer
ByEmma Graham-Harrison, Laure Boulinier and Boglarka Kosztolanyi December 17, 2025

Israel military chief, Eyal Zamir, announced on Monday that the ‘yellow line’, drawn up by the October ceasefire plan, was a ‘new border’ for Israel. This line has become a lethal boundary, preventing Palestinians entering an area representing 58% of t…

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Victims of Iran’s 2022 crackdown file criminal complaint against 40 officials
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor December 16, 2025

Claim filed in Argentina alleges crimes against humanity were carried out on Women, Life, Freedom protestersA group of victims of the Iranian government crackdown during the Women, Life, Freedom protests in 2022 have filed the first criminal complaint …

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‘Source of pride for Syria’: man who disarmed Bondi shooter lauded in home town
ByWilliam Christou and agencies December 16, 2025

News of Ahmed al-Ahmed’s selfless act quickly reached al-Nayrab, where locals say it proves religion or birthplace no barrier to heroismA man who risked his life to wrestle a gun from a shooter in the Bondi beach terror attack on Sunday has become a he…

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What is ‘home’ now? A woman’s two-year search for safety in the ruins of Gaza
By December 16, 2025

Nour AbuShammala has returned to her partly destroyed apartment in Gaza City. This is her story of multiple displacements, injury and devastation over the last two yearsWhen 26-year-old Nour AbuShammala stepped back into her family’s apartment in Gaza …

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‘No water, no life’: Iraq’s Tigris River in danger of disappearing
ByHannah Lynch in Iraq December 16, 2025

Unless urgent action is taken life will be fundamentally altered for the ancient communities who live on its banksAs a leader of one of the oldest gnostic religions in the world, Sheikh Nidham Kreidi al-Sabahi must use only water taken from a flowing r…

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Libya looks to its past to build a new future as national museum reopens
ByPatrick Wintour in Tripoli December 16, 2025

It is hoped the institution can help foster new bonds in a fractured nation, but such optimism will be a stretch for someIt was a night at the museum like no other. As the staccato sound of firecrackers and explosions rang out across Martyr’s Square in…

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Assad family live in Russian luxury as Bashar ‘brushes up on ophthalmology’
ByWilliam Christou and Pjotr Sauer December 15, 2025

Family friend, sources in Russia and Syria, and leaked data help give rare insight into life of dictator’s reclusive householdIn 2011, a group of teenage boys spray-painted a warning on to a wall in their school playground: “It’s your turn, Doctor.” Th…

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