otherOct 18, 2026

Iran war live: US issues Middle East security alert; Yemen fighting flares

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US embassies in the Middle East have issued a security alert for Americans as fighting in Yemen continues to ramp up.

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Al-Shaair's eyeblack carried the name of Maryam Ghanem, a girl in Gaza who was forced to watch her mother burn alive.

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The US Secretary of State denied the United States had paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine as Vladimir Zelensky claimed

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The battlegroup's artillery crews carried out more than 200 fire missions overnight