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The State Department has ordered non-emergency U.S. government employees and their families out of Saudi Arabia as Iran-backed Houthi attacks intensify, with President Trump considering direct military action against the terror group.

The State Department has ordered non-essential embassy staff and families out of the kingdom after a deadly Houthi barrage killed at least 20 people, including a U.S. citizen. President Trump is now weighing direct military strikes against the Iran-backed terror group as Riyadh begs Washington for interceptors.

Saudi Arabia is begging Washington for interceptors and direct action as Houthi missiles and drones pierce the kingdom's billion-dollar defenses, killing an American and forcing the U.S. to issue urgent warnings across the Middle East.

Aides to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Berlin would have considered invoking NATO's collective-defense clause if the August drone attack on Leipzig airport had caused mass casualties, according to a report cited by Clash Report. U.S. intelligence separately claims Vladimir Putin ordered a wider sabotage campaign across NATO states.

A growing wave of youth-led demonstrations in India has spawned a new form of political expression: web-based games that let players dodge police blockades, deploy tear gas and reenact confrontations between protesters and authorities. The trend, documented in reporting by Reuters, is drawing attention as a novel challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

UN human rights experts are pressing Indian authorities to halt what they describe as excessive force against protesters and to allow an independent investigation, a demand now circulating through Reuters, Al Jazeera, Arab News, The Hindu and US News. Next News Network could not independently verify the underlying allegations.

Reports from Clash Report and Pravda EN say Israeli forces are moving military equipment, including possible radar systems, to the Jabal al-Arab summit in Syria's Sweida province. The claim is not independently confirmed, and reactions online are spreading.

The prime ministers of Poland and Hungary are pointing to the chaos in France as proof that strict immigration controls work, with Poland's Tusk vowing his country will 'not repeat the mistakes of other European countries.'

Iranian regime media published video it says shows the rescue of a Yak-130 pilot whose aircraft was shot down by an Israeli F-35 during an air battle in the Forty-Day War, according to Visegrád 24. The broadcast came the same day Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir arrived in Tehran for talks on the U.S. peace track.

Marine Le Pen is positioning herself as the only leader capable of restoring order as violent riots and looting spread across France, with the National Rally leader blaming the political left and mass immigration for the destruction.

A third-generation Chinese immigrant describes her Paris store being looted and herself being assaulted by a mob, while a viral clip attributes the targeting of Chinese businesses to resentment over their success.