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Saudi-led airstrike kills group of mourners in Yemen: Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition struck a house north of Yemen's capital on Wednesday where mourners had gathered to offer condolences after a woman died, residents said, killing nine women and one child and injuring dozens.

Syrian rebel group executes scores from rival factions: Syrian Islamist fighters have executed scores of insurgents in the west of the country in an increasingly bloody battle between different militant groups, the SITE Intelligence Group said. An offshoot of the Jund al-Aqsa group killed more than 150 members of rebel factions in the village of Khan Sheikhoun in southern Idlib province, the U.S.-based monitoring service reported on Wednesday.

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Dhruva Jaishankar: India must prepare for a more transactional approach to the United States over the short term.

American taxpayers have little to worry about in terms of the costs associated with migration, says Dany Bahar.