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• BBC News2026-10-15✓ Read

  Houthi missile attack on Yemeni presidential palace kills two, minister says

  Yemen's information minister says the prime minister and other ministers were unhurt when ballistic missiles hit al-Maashiq Palace.

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• BBC News2026-10-15✓ Read

  Hundreds of IDF investigations into killings without public outcome, BBC Verify finds

  BBC Verify has identified 254 incidents from the past three years the Israeli military said it is reviewing after being accused of harm.

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Global charity withholds report into its role in Syria's 'disappeared' children

  SOS Children's Villages International has acknowledged that more than 140 children were taken to its facilities by Syrian security services.

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Container ship hit by projectile sinks in Strait of Hormuz, Singapore says

  All 21 sailors on the Singapore-flagged GFS Pride were evacuated safely after it was hit by an projectile on Tuesday, maritime authorities say.

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Saudi Arabia overturns death sentence for man over Facebook comment

  Anojan Sivarasa's case sent shockwaves through Sri Lanka, spurring diplomatic efforts to seek clemency.

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• BBC News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Saudi employee charged with planting recording device at OpenAI office

  Prosecutors say the device, wrapped in toilet paper, was found inserted in a USB port on the back of a TV in an executive conference room.

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• BBC News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Missiles intercepted near Riyadh after Saudi coalition hits Yemen fuel depot

  The Saudi energy ministry says the Houthi attack caused a “limited fire” at Aramco’s headquarters complex in Dhahran.

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• BBC News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Death threats and isolation - the cost of fighting sexual violence in Iraq

  Women say they share stories of abuse to highlight the issue, despite social pressure and safety fears.

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• BBC News2026-10-13✓ Read

  BBC’s Orla Guerin travels with Yemen’s southern national security forces through desert battlefield

  Orla Guerin travelled through Yemen, with forces loyal to its internationally recognised government, to a remote desert battlefield where Houthi rebels were dislodged just days ago.

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• BBC News2026-10-12✓ Read

  On Yemen’s desert battlefield, a war with global consequences is being waged

  Yemen's entrenched civil war is now impossible to ignore. But in operating rooms in its port city of Aden, geopolitics feels remote.

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• BBC News2026-10-12✓ Read

  Why is it so hard to fight the Houthis?

  Security correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the Iran-backed Houthis' precision strikes and guerrilla tactics have made it difficult for Saudi forces to gain the upper hand.

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• BBC News2026-10-12✓ Read

  Saudi minister vows ‘serious response’ to Houthi attacks on airports

  It comes after the armed group hit Riyadh's international airport and another facility, killing 13 people, in a significant escalation.

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• BBC News2026-10-12✓ Read

  Watch: CCTV shows people take cover as missile hits Riyadh airport

  Footage from inside the airport shows the moment the strike hit on Saturday.

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• BBC News2026-10-11✓ Read

  Dozens of gold prospectors killed in strikes on Egypt-Sudan border, rights group says

  Neither Egypt nor Sudan has commented on the alleged strikes on an artisanal mining camp on Saturday.

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• BBC News2026-10-11✓ Read

  Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh airport hit by second Houthi strike in two days

  The Yemeni group says it carried out attacks that killed 13 people in Riyadh over the weekend and targeted two airports and oil facilities.

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• BBC News2026-10-11✓ Read

  Airport attacks another dangerous moment in already tense conflict

  While the physical damage from Houthi attacks can be quickly repaired, the Saudi reputation for stability is taking a battering.

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• BBC News2026-10-08✓ Read

  Why was the sign at the British consulate in East Jerusalem removed?

  The consulate, first established in 1838, was set to be closed by the Israeli government in retaliation for UK sanctions.

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• BBC News2026-10-08✓ Read

  ‘Every day there is killing’: Gazans face Israeli strikes despite ceasefire as peace deal stalls

  Many Palestinians are still living in cramped tent cities, with the US plan to end the war largely stalled.

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• BBC News2026-10-07✓ Read

  Israelis demand accountability over 7 October failures three years after attacks

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to take any personal responsibility for what happened or order a state inquiry.

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• BBC News2026-10-07✓ Read

  Residents of kibbutz destroyed in 7 October Hamas attacks grapple with how to rebuild

  Three years on from the attack on Nir Oz, in which 47 people were killed and 76 taken hostage, some survivors have returned to live there.

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• BBC News2026-10-06✓ Read

  Children brave snipers and mortars to go to school near Yemen front line

  In rare access to Taiz, the BBC World Service speaks to children, teachers and families affected by the war.

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