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80 people died trying to get to Ceuta. In Europe, politics could eclipse the tragedy

Under pressure from far-right factions, European Union politicians blamed Spain for the mass crossing at its border with Morocco last week. Their reaction missed the larger human tragedy at play, say migration researchers.
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Saudi Arabia expects imminent 2-pronged attack from Iran's allies, official says

Saudi Arabia expects imminent co-ordinated attacks from Iraqi militias north of the Persian Gulf state and from Yemen's Houthis from the south under the supervision of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a senior Saudi official said.
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German politicians praise bus driver's risky move with explosive drone at airport

Chancellor Friedrich Merz held a call on Friday to discuss the incident earlier this week at a German airport, when a drone laden with explosives crashed but did not detonate. Federal prosecutors have launched a counterterrorism probe into the incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
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8 dead in Thailand as teen shoots grandparents, then students

A Thai teenager killed at least five people and himself at a school outside Bangkok on Friday after fatally shooting his grandparents, police said, in the Southeast Asian nation's worst mass killing since 2022.
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Trump targets birthright citizenship with newly signed executive orders

U.S. President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday in a new but narrower attempt to curtail birthright citizenship, once again challenging a provision of the U.S. Constitution after the Supreme Court rejected his previous effort.