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Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | September 18, 2026

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rally today in Tehran as part of a government effort to encourage military enlistment, Iranian forces say they attacked a tanker as it attempted to transit the Strait of Hormuz, Yemeni government forces claim they killed 30 Houthi fighters and wounded 60 during clashes in the city of Taiz, Trump administration denies the visas for high-level Palestinian delegation to attend the annual UN General Assembly next week for the 2nd year in a row, Russians began voting today in first parliamentary elections since the country's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, top…

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