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Syria and Saudi Arabia sign a defence cooperation agreement, with loans of more than $403 million for Damascus South Korea decides to send a P-8A, a bomb-disposal team and unmanned mine-clearing assets closer to the Strait of Hormuz, pending National Assembly approval Ukraine: 128 Russian drones and two Kh-35 missiles in one night, with fires at critical infrastructure in Dnipropetrovsk region and a warehouse near Bucha Trump on the Iran war: it “largely” cost the midterms, but he would do it again; he says he is keeping Hegseth UK tells OSCE that Russia must show evidence for its claims, as it condemns the Dnipro and Komyshuvakha strikes Strait of Hormuz: Revolutionary Guards say two tankers and a tug burst into flames on “unauthorised routes” and claim they seized two US LUCAS drones UNCTAD: After the Hormuz closure, diesel rose about 83% in Nigeria but 9% in Ireland as developing economies pay the most Gaza: gunfire damages tents at a Rafah displacement site and forces an aid group out, OCHA says UN peacekeeping chief warns of a “security vacuum” as UNIFIL in Lebanon and MINURSO in Western Sahara wind down US sanctions a Turkish company serving Iranian airlines and an Indian network of fake flags for Iran’s shadow fleet

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Total leaves from two Greek Hydrocarbon blocks

The French multinational oil company Total announced yesterday the withdrawal from two Greek hydrocarbon blocks close to Crete immediately after…

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