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The controversial Australian Islamic preacher Mohamed Hoblos, who was supposed to preach in the Netherlands on Saturday, has been banned from entering the country, the Dutch government says.

Security sources say Iran and the militia it supports are helping to attack ships in the Red Sea, especially vessels heading to Israel.

Russia has accused Ukraine of being behind a drone strike that sparked a massive inferno at an oil depot in western Russia on Friday after a similar attack on one of Russia’s largest refineries. They are the latest in a series of escalating cross-border attacks as the Russia-Ukraine war will soon enter its third year.

Hungary has condemned the European Parliament for voting to withhold further European Union funds to Hungary until Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government meets all criteria to reverse the perceived erosion of the rule of law and democratic principles.

Hungary’s conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his nation will continue supporting persecuted Christians in the Middle East, including in ‘the Holy Land,’ which includes Israel and Palestinian territories.

The Netherlands said Friday it had summoned Iran’s ambassador after an Iranian strike in neighboring Iraq killed a Dutch infant and her father while injuring her mother and brother.

The Houthis have promised safe passage for Russian and Chinese vessels through the Red Sea, where the Iran-backed militia in Yemen attack commercial ships “in solidarity” with Palestinians in Gaza.

The NATO military alliance confirmed Thursday that 90,000 troops will participate in its largest exercise since the Cold War to test its ability for an armed conflict with adversaries like Russia.

Iraq’s prime minister reiterated Thursday that the current U.S.-led military coalition helping his nation fight Islamic State militants should leave after he earlier expressed outrage about a U.S. airstrike in his nation.

Nuclear-armed Pakistan and increasingly nuclear-capable Iran were dangerously moving toward all-out war Thursday as Pakistan responded to an Iranian missile attack killing at least nine people, several sources said.

China is building a mega port in Peru to open its silk highway to South America, Reuters News Agency reported.

The president of the influential World Economic Forum (WEF) says, “We are on the way to a new world order” at a time when power is shifting away from the United States as China’s military and economy grows.

The United States military fired another wave of ship- and submarine-launch missile strikes against Houthi-controlled sites on Wednesday, the U.S. Central Command said, as the Israel-Hamas rapidly engulfes the Middle East.

The Surinamese police issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for Suriname’s former president, Desi Bouterse, who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for the killings of 15 opponents.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that approximately 40% of jobs worldwide by the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI). The IMF also warned that this technological shift in the global job market would intensify social inequalities and potentially lead to increased social unrest.

U.S. Navy SEALs recently intercepted a vessel carrying Iranian-made missile components and other armaments intended for Yemen’s Houthi rebels. During this operation, conducted last week, two SEALs were reported missing, according to a statement released by the U.S. military on Tuesday.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for an attack on what they referred to as Israel’s “intelligence center” in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, the Iranian state media reported on Monday.

Britain’s prime minister warned the Iran-backed, Yemen-based Houthis of further Western strikes after they hit a U.S.-owned ship in the Red Sea.

A U.S. fighter jet shot down an anti-ship cruise missile that was fired from the Iran-backed Houthis towards an American warship in the Red Sea, the United States Central Command said late Sunday.

Dutch mosques have urged the Netherlands to ban the burning of the Koran after several people were injured when the leader of anti-Islam group Pegida tried to torch that book, deemed holy by Muslims.