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September 12, 2026 1:11 AM

Yemen’s Houthis reach strategic island at mouth of vital shipping lane

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, moving to tighten their grip on a vital global shipping route in the widening Middle East war. Earlier, two sources from the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised Yemeni government said its forces had pulled out of Perim and that the Houthis had also taken the mainland Red Sea coastal town of Dhubab, which faces the island. If the Houthis gai...

September 11, 2026 10:54 PM

Saudi crown prince sought US military help from Trump with Houthis, sources say

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sought assistance from President Donald Trump on Thursday to help fight Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, as the Houthis stepped up their threat to the Red Sea. Trump held at least two phone conversations with the Saudi leader on Thursday, sources said. In the end, Washington told Riyadh that it was not willing to take direct military action for now but would help with intelligence sharing and targeting, the...

August 4, 2026 10:50 PM

India condemns attack on Indian-flagged vessel in Red Sea; all 14 crew members, including 13 Indians, rescued

India on Tuesday strongly condemned the attack on Indian-flagged commercial vessel MSV Faize Noore Oliya, which sank in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen after being struck by a projectile. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed that all 14 crew members, including 13 Indian nationals, were rescued safely by the Yemeni Coast Guard. The MEA said the attack on the vessel was deeply condemnable and noted that the Indian Embassy in Riyadh is closely monitoring the situation while coordina...

July 3, 2026 4:13 PM

Iran’s slain leader Khamenei laid in state in Tehran for week of mass funeral events

The body of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was lying in state in a vast hall in Tehran on Friday as clerics, officials, foreign dignitaries and other mourners paid their respects after his 37-year rule. Iran is staging a week of mass funeral processions for Khamenei — killed in February by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes at the start of a four-month war — in a show of public devotion to the Islamic Republic's theocratic state and revolutionary fire. Khamenei's body was expe...

March 30, 2026 2:35 PM

Israel reports second attack from Yemen as Middle East conflict escalates

The Israeli military said on Monday that Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel, and an attack had also been launched from Yemen for only the second time since the U.S.-Israeli war began. It said two drones from Yemen were intercepted early Monday but gave no further details. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia entered the war on Saturday, firing missiles at Israel, escalating a conflict that has engulfed the Middle East. Israel's military also said the Air Force was carrying out st...

March 29, 2026 11:59 AM

West Asia conflict escalates as Iran intensifies Gulf strikes; Israel hits Tehran, Houthis open new front

Defence forces across the Gulf are on high alert this Sunday as Iran presses ahead with waves of missile and drone attacks on the UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain now well into the second month of the conflict that began with the joint US-Israeli assault on Tehran. The latest strikes seem to be a direct response to earlier US and Israeli attacks on two major Iranian steel plants, with Tehran now targeting equivalent industrial assets in the Gulf. Emirates Global Aluminium has confirmed damage to its Al T...

March 29, 2026 11:30 AM

Yemen’s Houthis enter Iran war with attacks on Israel, while US Marines arrive in region

The risk of an expanded Iran war grew as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday launched their first attacks on Israel since the start of the conflict, as additional U.S. forces reached the Middle East. Washington has dispatched thousands of Marines to the Middle East in the month-old war. The ‌first of two contingents arrived on Friday on an amphibious assault ship, the U.S. military said on Saturday. The Washington Post reported on Saturday that U.S. officials said the Pentagon was pr...

March 13, 2026 4:55 PM

Why haven’t the Houthis, Iran’s allies in Yemen, stepped into the war?

Iran's Shi'ite allies in Lebanon and Iraq have joined the war in the region unleashed by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Tehran. But Yemen's Houthi rebels, heavily armed and capable of striking Gulf neighbours and causing major disruption to maritime navigation around the Arabian Peninsula, have not yet entered the fray. Here is a look at why that might be: WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS? The Houthis are a military, political and religious movement led by the Houthi family and based in northern Yemen. They ...

January 19, 2026 10:04 PM

Yemen humanitarian crisis to worsen in 2026 as funding cut, says UN

The U.N. warned on Monday that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is worsening and that gains made to tackle malnutrition and health would go into reverse due to funding cuts. "We are expecting things to be much worse in 2026," Julien Harneis, U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, told reporters in Geneva. Some 21 million people will need humanitarian assistance this year, an increase from 19.5 million the previous year, according to the U.N. The situation has been aggravated ...

January 4, 2026 4:29 PM

UAE expresses concern over Yemen escalation, urges dialogue and restraint

The United Arab Emirates has said it is closely following recent developments in Yemen and has expressed deep concern over the continuing escalation, urging the Yemeni people to exercise restraint and prioritise wisdom to safeguard security and stability in the country. In a statement, the UAE called on Yemenis to place dialogue above confrontation and to resolve differences through understanding and consensus on sustainable political solutions. It said these efforts should follow a rational an...