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The Arab Coalition said on Saturday that the Iran-backed Houthis continue to violate international navigation in the Red Sea, stressing that the ships that were subjected to Houthi piracy attacks were planned by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, presenting a set of evidence including photos and videos.The coalition added in a press briefing headed by the Arab Coalition spokesman Brig. Gen. Turki al-Maliki on Saturday, that the militia violated international laws with piracy and kidnappings in international watersFor the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Al-Maliki said the Houthis launched 432 ballistic missiles from Yemen’s Hodeida port, in addition to 100 booby-trapped boats to target navigation in the Red Sea.He said the Arab Coalition had reported 13 violations against commercial ships by Houthi militia from Hodeida, pointing to the destruction of dozens of mines planted by the militia in the Red Sea.The UAE flagged ship RawabiMeanwhile, the coalition reported that the militias planned to attack and hijack the Emirati-flagged Rawabi ship in international waters, adding that the ship was carrying aid for those affected by the cyclones on the island of Socotra.The Arab Coalition said during a video presentation that the Houthis attacked the oil tanker Rabigh 3 in the south of the Red Sea, and targeted the Saudi oil tanker Abaqiq in the Red Sea as well.Al-Maliki said the Houthi violations represent the Iranian threats to international navigation.Read more:Iran-backed Houthis target civilian infrastructures in Saudi Arabia: Arab CoalitionArab Coalition pushes against Houthis in Yemen’s Marib and ShabwaArab Coalition receives distress signal from oil tanker off Yemen’s Hodeida port
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Full Article: Houthi piracy of ships off Yemen coast was planned by Iran's IRGC: Arab Coalition

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Iran's Foreign Ministry said the 51 Americans had been targeted for what it called "terrorism" and human rights violations.
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Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu met with Katz for more than an hour on Wednesday afternoon at Netanyahu's office at the Knesset. 
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While vaccinations are not compulsory in Lebanon, authorities are clamping down as cases grow..
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Iran has been exporting thousands of weapons from a single port to Yemen and elsewhere, according to a draft UN Security Council report obtained by the Wall Street Journal.The confidential UN report details how thousands of rocket launchers, machine guns, sniper rifles and other weapons seized in the Arabian Sea by the US Navy were smuggled along routes to Yemen through wooden boats and overland transport, according to the UN report seen by the WSJ.According to the UN report, the weapons were made in Russia, China and Iran, and they were smuggled from the Iranian port of Jask on the Sea of Oman.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“US officials said Jask has been used as a departure point for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for some time, but the UN report provides the first detailed evidence about specific arms shipments tied to the port,” the WSJ reported.Iran has long been accused of fanning the flames of violence in the Middle East through financial and military support to its network of Shia proxies in the region, specifically in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Tehran denies the accusation.Just last December, the US Navy seized two large caches of Iranian weapons from two vessels in the Arabian sea which Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) intended to ship to the Houthi militias in Yemen, according to the US Justice Department.Read more:US Navy seizes two caches of Iranian arms in Arabian Sea destined for Yemen’s HouthisPentagon says Iranian helicopter came close to US warship in Gulf of OmanUS flies B-1B bomber over Middle East amid Iran tensions
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Full Article: Iran port emerges as key point in smuggling weapons to Yemen: UN report

At least seven people died and nine were seriously injured when a wall of rock collapsed on top of motor boats below a waterfall in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, the fire department said.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.A tower of rocks suddenly broke away from the canyon wall and came crashing down on several leisure boats, sending out a huge wave over the lake at Capitolio, in Minas Gerais state.Videos posted on social media showed tourists shouting as the column of rock crashed into the water, smashing two boats.Authorities said three people were still missing after others feared lost were located by telephone. Divers searched the lake.The people hurt in the accident had broken bones and one was in serious condition in hospital with head and facial injuries. Some 23 others were treated for light injuries, he said.The region has been under heavy rainfall for two weeks, which could have loosened the rock face. On Saturday, a dike overflowed at an iron ore mine 300 kilometers to the east, cutting off a major federal highway.Read more: Floods hit seven states in Malaysia, thousands more evacuatedIndonesia lifts tsunami alert after powerful undersea quakeFloods, landslides kill 116 in India and Nepal
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Full Article: Seven dead, three missing after rock face collapse at Brazilian waterfall

A number of “strategic facilities” in Kazakhstan are under the guard of a Russia-led military alliance invited to restore order, the presidential office said on Sunday, amid the deadliest outbreak of violence in the country’s 30 years of independence.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Dozens of people have been killed, thousands detained and public buildings have been torched across the Central Asia country in the past week, prompting President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to issue shoot-to-kill orders to end unrest he has blamed on what he terms bandits and terrorists.At Tokayev’s invitation, the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) sent troops to restore order, an intervention that comes at a time of high tension in Russia-U.S. relations ahead of new talks on the Ukraine crisis.“A number of strategic facilities have been transferred under the protection of the united peacekeeping contingent of the CSTO member states,” the presidential office said in a statement detailing a security briefing chaired by Tokayev.It did not identify the facilities.The administration said 5,800 people had been arrested in connection with the unrest, including a “significant number” of foreign citizens. It said the situation had stabilized in all regions.The demonstrations in Kazakhstan began as a response to a fuel price hike before spiraling into a broad movement against Tokayev’s government and the man he replaced as president of the resource-rich former Soviet republic, Nursultan Nazarbayev.Nazarbayev, 81, was the longest-serving ruler of any former Soviet state until he turned over the presidency to Tokayev in 2019. His family is widely believed to have retained influence in Nur-Sultan, the purpose-built capital that bears his name.Tokayev removed Nazarbayev on Wednesday as head of the country’s Security Council, a role in which he had continued to wield significant influence.Kazakhstan’s former intelligence chief and two-time prime minister Karim Massimov has been arrested on suspicion of treason.Read more: Kazakh ex-leader in capital, urges support for government: SpokespersonKazakhstan’s president orders forces to open fire without warning amid unrestKuwait asks its citizens in Kazakhstan to leave the country
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Full Article: Kazakhstan says ‘strategic facilities’ under guard after unrest

United Nations will launch negotiations to end conflict and ensure peace and democracy in Sudan..
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Ousmane Coulibaly, a 32-year-old defender from Al Wakrah collapsed pitch-side after suffering a cardiac arrest requiring immediate medical attention in a match against Al Rayaan on Saturday evening. In shocking scenes during a domestic league game over the weekend, the match between Al-Wakrah and Al-Rayyan had to be abandoned after Ousmane Coulibaly collapsed at the 41st ..
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Full Article: Al Wakrah player suffers heart attack during game