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Israel approves new settlement 2 days before polls: official

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government approved a new settlement in the occupied West Bank Sunday, his office said, just two days ahead of closely fought general elections. Netanyahu's cabinet agreed to turn the wildcat settlement of Mevoot Yericho in the Jordan Valley into...

EU warns of instability after Saudi oil attacks

The European Union warned on Sunday of a “real threat to regional security” in the Middle East after attacks on Saudi oil plants that risk disrupting global energy supplies and for which Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group claimed responsibility. “Yesterday’s attack by drones on two...