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Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Middle East
Palestinian newborn arrives day after father killed in Israeli West Bank raid160dPakistan Navy rescues Indian and Indonesian sailors stranded in Arabian Sea161dIran executes three men linked to January anti-regime protests as rights groups condemn wave of hangings161dIran strikes UAE with missiles and drones as Strait of Hormuz tensions boil over161dUS bypasses Congress to approve $8.6bn in emergency arms sales to Middle East allies162dIran's inflation surges past 50% amid deepening economic crisis162dIsrael intercepts Gaza-bound flotilla near Crete, detaining 175 activists[Updated]162dIsrael threatens strikes 'beyond the yellow line' as Lebanon ceasefire frays[Updated]162dTrump administration declares Iran hostilities 'terminated' ahead of 60-day war powers deadline[Updated]162dIsrael approves $334m settlement plan for Syrian Golan Heights amid ongoing military raids164dIran's supreme leader defies US blockade and vows to protect nuclear and missile capabilities164dIran war's energy shock reverberates from Asian farmlands to India's glass factories[Updated]164dHegseth faces six-hour grilling in Congress over $25 billion Iran war cost and justification165dQatar warns Iran it will not be used as 'political punching bag' in regional conflict166dRussian oligarch's superyacht passes through Strait of Hormuz despite blockade166dIraq names technocrat Ali al-Zaidi as prime minister-designate amid regional turmoil166dUAE quits OPEC in major blow to oil cartel amid Gulf war and energy crisis166dIsraeli settlers set fire to Palestinian home in occupied West Bank village167dRussia backs Iran as US–Iran peace talks stall over nuclear and Hormuz disputes167dBahrain strips 69 people of citizenship over alleged sympathy with Iranian attacks167d