UN warns global hunger hits new high amid conflict, extreme weather
Global hunger hit a new high last year with the outlook for 2025 “bleak”, a United Nations-backed report announced.
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Iran rejects US accusations at UN Security Council meeting on Yemen
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations has strongly rejected recent accusations made by the United States during a UN Security Council session on Yemen, calling them “baseless and cynical.”
US spent $1bn bombing Yemen’s Hothis but failed to gain air superiority: NYT
US President Donald Trump’s administration declared a ceasefire in Yemen last week due to burning through expensive munitions while failing to establish air superiority over the Houthis, according to the New York Times.
Dozens killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza, including many women and children – as it happened
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here:Israel hits hospitals in deadly strikesAssociated Press, citing local hospitals, reports that at least 22 children were killed in Gaza overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday by Israeli airstr…
What It Takes to Neutralize the Houthi Threat
The Red Sea has re-emerged as a vital fault line in the struggle for regional power, maritime security, and geopolitical leverage. At the center of this growing turbulence stand the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. Their increasingly bold attacks on international shipping as well as the showcasing of their ballistic missile capabilities, when launching attacks against Israel, transformed […]
What It Takes to Neutralize the Houthi Threat was originally published on Global Security Review.
Israel intercepts missile launched from Yemen
Air raid sirens were heard in Israel as a missile was launched towards the occupied territory by Yemen’s Houthis, who say they are retaliating against Tel Aviv in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
Yemen’s Houthis say attacks on Israel not in US ceasefire accord in ‘any way’
A ceasefire agreement between Yemen’s Houthis and the United States does not include any military operations against Israel, the group’s chief negotiator has announced.
Israel Downs Drone as Houthis Vow to Continue Tit-for-Tat Strikes
The Israeli military said it had intercepted an unmanned vehicle a day after President Trump said the U.S. would step back from conflict with the Iran-backed group.
US loses another military aircraft off Yemen: CNN
The US Navy has lost another military aircraft in the Red Sea, marking the second incident involving an F/A-18 Super Hornet from the USS Harry S. Truman in just over a week, and the third such loss since Washington intensified operations against Houth…
Trump says bombing of Yemen’s Houthis to stop
US President Donald Trump has announced Washington is abandoning its daily bombing campaign of Yemen based on an understanding with the Houthis as Oman confirms that it has brokered a ceasefire between the United States and the armed group.