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1. Your guide to the U.S. midterms, and why they're crucial for Donald Trump

   

   Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming U.S. midterm elections and why they're potentially crucial to how U.S. President Donald Trump wields power in his final two years in the White House.

2. Iraq scrambles to address fallout from alleged militia attack on Saudi oil pipeline

   

   Iraq’s government was racing Saturday to contain the fallout after local Iran-backed militias were accused of attacking and shuttering a key Saudi pipeline.

3. Deadly Russian strikes hit Ukraine after Putin's warning to European leaders

   

   Russian strikes killed three civilians and wounded dozens in Ukraine, local officials said Saturday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine would amount to direct conflict with Russia.

4. Who are the Houthis? How they could send oil prices surging even further

   

   Almost three years after the Houthis first garnered international attention by attacking ships off Yemen, the rebels have only increased their violent influence in the Middle East. Here's a primer on the group that could push the price of global oil even higher.

5. Spain's soccer federation will fund egg freezing. Is this a win for female athletes?

   

   While fertility preservation measures like egg freezing are typically presented as another way to give women in elite sport greater freedom to decide if and when to become mothers, some experts and advocates say they're concerned that it could send the message that athletes should delay motherhood.