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Monday, 12 October 2026
Middle East
Israeli settler attacks terrorise Taybeh, the West Bank's last all-Christian town59dPentagon confirms US strikes killed over 150 civilians in Yemen in 202559dIsrael's defence minister praises settlers for 'holding onto' Palestinian land59dOil spill from grounded Russian shadow fleet tanker reaches Oman's mainland coast[Updated]59dUS military fires missiles to disable ship attempting to break Iran blockade[Updated]59dIran demands sweeping US concessions before reopening Strait of Hormuz as oil prices climb[Updated]60dGaza widows and displaced families struggle to rebuild without support61dTrump-Netanyahu tensions over Gaza peace plan expose Israeli-American rifts61dLebanon becomes first Middle Eastern country to abolish death penalty61dHouthis strike Yemen port and Saudi oil refinery as regional conflict deepens[Updated]61dTrump secretly switched planes in Turkey using catering truck amid Iranian assassination threat61dSyrian court sentences Assad to death in absentia for war crimes and crimes against humanity61dOver 20 million Shia pilgrims gather in Iraq for Arbaeen festival despite regional conflicts62dMecca Joint Defence Agreement reshapes regional security dynamics as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey forge trilateral pact62dTurkey passes landmark amnesty law for PKK fighters, conditional on full disarmament62dIran-Oman talks on Strait of Hormuz show progress as Tehran issues sweeping new demands[Updated]62dSyria and Russia agree to end military use of Mediterranean bases in landmark deal[Updated]63dWater crisis deepens in Aden as supply meets less than half of daily demand64dGaza health officials warn of imminent danger to detained Palestinian doctor64dGaza recovery teams pull 19 bodies from rubble as over 8,000 remain missing64d