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The designations against the Houthis include one person and three entities. EPA
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Ukraine's border guards said a commercial ship arriving to collect grain had hit a Russian mine in the Black Sea, injuring two crewmen. AFP
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Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praying next to the coffin of Razi Moussavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who was killed on December 25 in an Israeli strike in Syria, in Tehran. AFP
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US military personnel stand by a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known as Himars, which has been crucial to Ukraine's efforts to repel Russian forces. AFP
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