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                <title><![CDATA[Houthis launch six ballistic missiles at Yemen’s Al Makkah port amid fierce clashes]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Toxic gas leak kills eight workers at Bangladesh shipbreaking yard]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Over 1,000 sham marriages allegedly arranged for Chinese nationals in US]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US loses 45 Reaper drones in Iran war as CENTCOM denies USS Lincoln death reports]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[One More Tanker struck by Drone while transiting Strait of Hormuz]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:19:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[China rejects New Zealand report accusing Beijing of ‘spying at scale’]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Here’s why Air India A320 From Phuket To New Delhi dropped 300 feet and lost key flight controls]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[UAE, Bahrain and Egypt condemn attack on ADNOC vessels in Strait of Hormuz]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[CENTCOM chief reportedly urges renewed US strikes on Iran infrastructure]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US to rotate aircraft carrier in Middle East as Hegseth rejects reports of poor conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Saudi-led maritime coalition takes shape with 15 countries signing pact]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[RIYADH, Aug 13: A new multinational maritime defense coalition is moving toward operational activation, with 15 countries signing a joint statement to establish the force, Saudi Ar...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[US launches first-ever multinational attack drone task force - CENTCOM]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TAMPA, Aug 13: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced efforts to establish the first-ever multi-domain, multinational attack drone task force. The unit, called Task Force Falcon...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Three killed, 17 injured in fire at Cairo mall]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[CAIRO, Aug 13: Three people were killed and 17 others injured after a fire broke out at Arabella Plaza shopping mall in Cairo, Egypt, triggering panic among people inside the facil...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:51:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran calls US claim of control over Strait of Hormuz a lie]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Aug 13: Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters on Thursday rejected US claims that Washington has full control over the Strait of Hormuz, calling them “baseless lies”...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Urges Iraqi Militia to Retain Weapons Amid Baghdad Disarmament Push]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Oman Goes on War Footing, Steps Up Seafood Checks Amid Oil Spill]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Oil Pollution Spreads Along Qeshm and Hengam Coasts as Tanker Salvage Underway Off Oman]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[X Suspends Account of Houthi Military Spokesman Yahya Saree]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Social media platform X has suspended the account of Yahya Saree, the military spokesman for Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement.Saree’s account, which had more than 121,000 follow...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukrainian Drone Operators Outperform US Forces in Germany Military Exercise]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Forces Redirect 59 Commercial Vessels in Iran Blockade, CENTCOM Says]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Pakistan Condemns Houthi Attack on Red Sea Vessel That Killed Three Pakistani Nationals]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Strait of Hormuz Shipping Traffic Falls to One-Week Low as Iran Says Waterway Will Stay Closed Until War Ends]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Says US Has ‘Total Control’ of Strait of Hormuz]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ferry carrying 95 people capsizes on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ex-Mossad chief says Israeli operatives visited Iran’s Fordow nuclear site ‘many times’]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Houthis vow to continue attacks on Saudi ships and military sites]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Death toll tops 100 as Colombia searches for earthquake survivors]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US blockade could cost Iran $18 billion a year as Strait of Hormuz traffic declines below 10 days' average]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Revokes Visas of Iranians, Kuwaiti and Cubans Over Alleged Regime Ties]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump says ‘massive escalation’ against Iran remains an option as US reduces tanker aircraft at Israel’s Ben Gurion]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump demands Iran compensation for Americans harmed, protesters killed]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[At least 47 killed as powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes western Colombia]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Israel declares Palestinian Christian village Taybeh a ‘closed military zone’]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US revokes more than 175,000 visas under Trump administration]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Aug 10: The US State Department said Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas issued to foreign nationals under President Donald Trump, citing criminal activi...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:39:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[With Mojtaba Khamenei Out of Public Eye for Months, yet 6 Top Military Posts Filled in His Name]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Pezeshkian claims a 7-hour meeting with elusive Mojtaba Khamenei amid questions over his whereabouts]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Aug 10: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that he held a seven-hour meeting with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, claiming they discussed a wide range of issu...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iraq to treat unauthorized drone launches from its territory as ‘terrorist acts’]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD, Aug 10: Iraq will treat unauthorized drone launches as “terrorist acts” under the country’s counterterrorism law, the Interior Ministry said Monday, as Baghdad steps up ef...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Bangladesh urges India to expedite Sheikh Hasina's extradition]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[DHAKA, Aug 10: Bangladesh has urged India to expedite the extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and reiterated its request for the return of people accused in the kill...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Once Again, Thousands rally against recruitment exam irregularities in India - Water cannons fired]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, Aug 10: Thousands of young people demanding reforms to recruitment examinations protested Monday in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, as police used water cannons t...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Albanese faces backlash over ‘melon’ joke about Japan PM as opposition demands apology]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran demands end to US blockade to reopen Hormuz as CENTCOM redirects 55 vessels]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Count Binface, the man in a can with a plan, seeks Parliament seat in Britain's wackiest election]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[16 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi sofa factory fire]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Houthis Resume Missile and Drone Attacks on Yemen’s Mocha]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[SANAA, Aug 9: Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement has resumed missile and drone attacks on the Red Sea port city of Mocha, launching several ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Israel to Withdraw From Gaza Only After ‘Verified’ Disarmament, Board of Peace Envoy Says]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[As Mojtaba Khamenei Still Remains Out of Sight, Mohsen Rezaee Named Supreme Leader’s Representative]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Says US Is ‘Low-Keying It’ With Iran, Relying on Economic Pressure]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Once Again, Iranian Regime's Lies Debunked as Mojtaba Khamenei's New Video Turns Out to Be Old]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:26:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump May End Iran War Without Nuclear Deal; Netanyahu Says Iran Won’t Get Bomb Under His Watch]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Pentagon gives US arms industry 21 days to accelerate weapons production]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Aug 9 : US Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg has given leaders of the American defense industry no more than 21 days to submit plans for significantly acceleratin...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran says no direct talks with US, messages exchanged through mediators]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Aug 9 : Iran is not currently engaged in direct negotiations with the United States, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday, adding that communications between the two...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Jetstar Airbus narrowly avoids collision with Qatar Airways]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[SYDNEY, Aug 9 : A Jetstar Airbus A320 narrowly avoided a collision with a Qatar Airways Boeing 777 at Sydney Airport on Sunday morning, forcing the Jetstar pilots to brake suddenly...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:33:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Car-bomb attack targets southwest Colombia a day after president takes office]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[CALI, Colombia, Aug 9, (AP): A car bomb  exploded Saturday in southwestern Colombia, the army said, a day after  conservative political neophyte Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:28:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Wildfire in Indonesian national park grows]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[JAKARTA, Indonesia Aug 9, (AP): Indonesia sent airplanes and hundreds of firefighters on Sunday to fight  a blaze in a popular national park, one of a growing number of  wildfires...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:12:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Yemeni government forces strike Houthi positions in Ad Dali]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[ADEN, Aug 9: Yemeni government forces said Saturday that they carried out drone strikes against Houthi positions in the southwestern province of Ad Dali, claiming the attacks infli...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:11:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Middle East War Could Be Trump’s ‘Costliest Blunder’ as Epstein Files Draw Fire]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Aug 9: US Rep. Thomas Massie  warned that a war in the Middle East could become the Trump administration’s “biggest and most costly blunder,” as he criticized a series...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 07:38:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Fire extinguished at Aramco facility in Saudi Arabia’s Jazan]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[RIYADH, Aug 9: A fire that broke out early Sunday at a facility at Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery in southwestern Saudi Arabia has been extinguished, the Saudi Energy Ministry said....]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 07:25:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Drone explodes near major gas pipeline in Bulgaria after entering from Romania]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[SOFIA, Aug 8: An unidentified drone exploded in Bulgaria on Saturday less than a mile from a compressor station linked to the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline, after entering Bulgarian ai...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:54:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran President says Afghanistan, Pakistan blocked attempts to infiltrate Iran during war]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Aug 8: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday that Afghanistan and Pakistan helped prevent attempted incursions into Iran during the 40-day war, while stressing...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:26:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[One More Vessel struck off Oman as dozens of tankers operate under ‘digital darkness’ in Hormuz]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:20:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Two Women Breach Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport Apron to Catch Missed Flight]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminal remains idle amid US naval blockade: FT]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Aug 8: Iran’s oil exports appear to have sharply declined under a renewed US naval blockade, with no tankers loading at Kharg Island, the country’s main crude export termin...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Colombia's new president signals energy policy shift, backs oil and gas]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Oman police detain Asian and African expatriate women over public decency, labour and residency violations]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[15-year-old dressed as a clown stabbed a man to death in random attack, police say]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump’s top general urges de-escalation as Iran war options narrow: Report]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Indian Passenger allegedly breaks emergency exit panel on Batik Air flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kochi]]></title>
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