Iranian advisers helped Houthis seize Yemen’s Red Sea coast in less than 48 hours, sources tell AP – AP News

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  1. Iranian advisers helped Houthis seize Yemen’s Red Sea coast in less than 48 hours, sources tell AP  AP News
  2. Why the Iran-Backed Houthis in Yemen and Saudi Arabia Are Back at War  The New York Times
  3. Houthi Leverage over the Red Sea Escalates Threats for Africa  Africa Center for Strategic Studies
  4. A simple guide to the Yemen conflict  aljazeera.com
  5. Saudi Arabia’s Houthi crisis is partly of its own making, analysts say  Jewish Insider
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Delcy Rodríguez poses with Trump in New York as Maduro languishes in jail nearby

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Venezuela’s interim president hails ‘historic meeting’ and does not say whether she will visit snatched predecessor

Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has celebrated a “historic” meeting with Donald Trump in New York, posing for a smiley photo with the US president, less than nine months after he ordered the abduction of her boss, Nicolás Maduro.

The former foes met at a five-star hotel a few blocks from Trump Tower in Manhattan late on Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN general assembly. The hotel is about 7 miles from the Brooklyn prison where Maduro has been held since he was snatched during a special forces raid on Caracas in January.

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Maricarmen: Eviction of woman aged 87 highlights Spain’s housing shortage – BBC

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  1. Maricarmen: Eviction of woman aged 87 highlights Spain's housing shortage  BBC
  2. Dramatic eviction of 87-year-old Madrid tenant spotlights Spain's housing crisis  Reuters
  3. Police use teargas on protesters as disabled woman, 87, evicted from Madrid home  The Guardian
  4. Eviction of 87-year-old woman sparks housing protests in Madrid  DW.com
  5. Spain: Protests after 87-year-old woman evicted from home by force  Euronews.com
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Russian military helicopter entered Polish airspace briefly, Polish army says – Reuters

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  1. Russian military helicopter entered Polish airspace briefly, Polish army says  Reuters
  2. NATO jets scrambled in Poland, Romania as Russia strikes Ukraine  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  3. Poland accuses Russian military helicopter of violating its airspace  BBC
  4. Russian military helicopter violates Polish airspace, fighter jets scrambled  Euronews.com
  5. Lavrov Smiles at Rubio as Russia Gambles With Disaster in NATO’s Poland  Newsweek
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Is Nepal’s flood a harbinger of what’s to come in the Himalayas? – NPR

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  1. Is Nepal's flood a harbinger of what's to come in the Himalayas?  NPR
  2. From a Nepal in Pain, a Young Leader Makes a Case for Climate Reparations  The New York Times
  3. After deadly floods, Nepal needs funding and not 'sympathy,' environment minister tells DW  DW.com
  4. Shrinking, Fast And Slow: The Nepal Flood Reveals Growing Risks To Hydropower From Glacial Retreat  Forbes
  5. Nepal flood victims look to PM Shah to press climate case at UN  Yahoo
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Tigrayan leaders say new war with Ethiopian government has begun, as fighting erupts – Reuters

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  1. Tigrayan leaders say new war with Ethiopian government has begun, as fighting erupts  Reuters
  2. Ethiopia's Mekelle airport in Tigray seized by local forces, residents tell the BBC.  BBC
  3. Ethiopian Airlines suspends flights to three northern Tigray airports  Al Jazeera
  4. News Alert: Tigray says armed forces ordered into ‘defensive combat’; reports of fighting emerge  Addis Standard
  5. Ethiopian Airlines cancels flights to Tigray capital as soldiers take over airport  AP News
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Netanyahu calls Macron’s remarks on West Bank in UN speech ‘grotesque’ – BBC

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  1. Netanyahu calls Macron's remarks on West Bank in UN speech 'grotesque'  BBC
  2. In UN farewell, Macron denounces Trump's Gaza diplomacy as spectacle of shame  Reuters
  3. Macron's Hamas West Bank comments were mistranslated, French source says  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Lost in translation: Israel, Huckabee blast Macron over Hamas comments as France clarifies wording  Fox News
  5. France  Welcome to the United Nations
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How France plans to make Pope Leo’s arrival heard – aleteia.org

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  1. How France plans to make Pope Leo’s arrival heard  aleteia.org
  2. What to watch for during Pope Leo's trip to France  National Catholic Reporter
  3. Pope Leo heads to Lourdes: What to know about one of Catholicism’s most famous pilgrimage sites  Yahoo
  4. Maison Bakhita in Paris, a laboratory of fraternity  Vatican News
  5. How France handles its strict secularism as it prepares for a papal visit  AP News
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