Dozens of Yemenis are feared dead after the Houthis struck a military camp in Yemen’s Shabwa governorate. A Yemeni army spokesperson said the group fired three ballistic missiles at Shabwa.

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A Houthi missile strike hit a military camp in Yemen’s Shabwa governorate during a training exercise, government forces said. Local authorities later put the death toll at 53, with 200 injured.

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Local authorities say the death toll has risen to 53 after a Houthi missile strike on a military base in Yemen’s oil-rich southeastern Shabwa province on Monday. More than 200 others were injured.

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Four Yemeni government and medical sources told Reuters that the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement attacked a government military training camp in Shabwa province on Monday, killing at least 18 people.

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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin held talks with Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref in Dushanbe, where Mishustin had arrived for a meeting of prime ministers from Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries. The talks took place at the Kokhi Somon governmental residence.

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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu ordered partial curfews in some urban areas after rioting and looting swept across France over the weekend.

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Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced a large-scale judicial operation to hold those responsible for weekend violence accountable and ordered limited, localized curfews from Monday evening. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez admitted police lost control in some areas; President Emmanuel Macron rejected his resignation. The protests were over rising living costs and fuel prices.

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Rioting, looting and vandalism spread across France over the weekend as protests spiralled out of control. The demonstrations began with students protesting school conditions last month before widening to reflect other public concerns. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said local authorities could impose partial curfews to protect people and businesses. The report considers what the violence may signal about the upcoming election.

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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Monday that authorities could impose a state of emergency if necessary, but argued that curfews would be a better response to the crisis over violent protests.

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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Monday that he had asked local authorities to impose partial curfews starting that evening, after violent protests across the country over the weekend.

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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Monday that he had asked regional authorities to impose partial, localised curfews in some cities to protect businesses after weekend demonstrations turned violent. He accused the “ultra-left movement” of seeking to orchestrate deep unrest nationwide ahead of next year’s presidential election.

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Students blocked the entrance to the Louvre in Paris on October 19, protesting what they described as police repression.

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Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergey Koretsky said 2,147 explosions were recorded at energy facilities from July 16 to October 17, several times last year’s figure. He said Ukraine needed to prepare for the “worst-case scenario.”

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The UN World Food Programme says a funding shortfall will leave about 500,000 people in Gaza without critical food assistance. It is cutting the number receiving monthly aid from 1.6 million to 1.1 million, while two thirds of the population remains acutely food insecure.

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After clashes and looting during nationwide protests over rising living costs and poor school conditions, Parisians surveyed smashed shopfronts, burned-out cars and damaged bus stops.

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Israeli police said they arrested 10 suspects investigating weekend violence in the occupied West Bank, including separate attacks on Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine and European diplomats visiting Taybeh. Police said the joint operation with Shin Bet and the IDF seized evidence allegedly linking suspects to the incidents, along with vehicles.

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Israeli police say 10 suspects were detained over a wave of settler violence in the occupied West Bank, including attacks on Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine and European diplomats. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee called the arrests “a very positive development.”

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Israeli police said they had arrested 10 suspects over settler violence in the occupied West Bank, including attacks on US photojournalist Heidi Levine and European diplomats. Human rights group Yesh Din reported at least 170 settler attacks since September 27.

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Israeli police said on Monday they had detained eight suspects while investigating weekend violence in the West Bank, including separate attacks on an American photojournalist and European diplomats.

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