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Watch Live: Rubio, Bessent Convene 65 Nations For Global Crackdown On "Far-Left Political Terrorism" Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host delegations from 65 countries in Washington on Thursday morning to coordinate a specialized international response to combat what the Trump administration describes as a "resurgence" of far-left political terrorism. Watch Live here (due to start at 0910ET): CNN cited a senior State Department official who said the delegations will come from "across the Western Hemisphere, Asia, Europe, and beyond." The meeting will focus on countering the spread of far-left political violence...

Houthis Pummel Southwest Saudi Arabia With Ballistic Missiles, As Yemen Air & Ground War Erupts The heaviest fighting since the Iran war began is taking place in Yemen currently, also involving significant overnight attacks on Saudi energy and military sites by the Houthis. The Houthis have since unveiled new operations, in a Tuesday statement saying the Iran-aligned group is targeting critical Saudi oil and military infrastructure. Widely circulating local videos suggest the attacks on multiple sites were in some case simultaneous and overwhelming. "In response to this brutal aggression and in confronting...

PayPal Soars On Reported $53 Billion Buyout Bid From Stripe And Advent PayPal shares surged the most on record in premarket trading in New York after Reuters reported that payment company Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have offered more than $53 billion to acquire the struggling payments platform. PYPL shares are up 20% premarket...  It's biggest single-day jump since at least 2015 (which is near the lows where it is currently trading)... The proposed $60.50-a-share bid represents a roughly 28% premium to PayPal's Tuesday close, though it remains 80% below...