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The Houthis have been firing drones and missiles at international shipping in the Red Sea [Getty] Yemen’s Houthi rebels promised a “huge” retaliation against Israel on Sunday following a deadly strike on the port of Hodeidah, as violence sparked by the Gaza war gripped the region. Israel bombed the Palestinian territory, Lebanon and Yemen in […]

Israel’s war on Gaza has made childbirth increasingly perilous, with pregnant women facing near-daily strikes that hamper access to health facilities [Getty] A newborn baby was delivered by Gaza doctors against incredible odds on Saturday, pulling him from his mother’s womb moments after she died of wounds sustained in an Israeli air strike. At nine months

The oil-rich Gulf state bans unauthorised protests and prohibits criticism of rulers or speech that is deemed to create or encourage social unrest [Getty] Several Bangladeshi expatriates were detained in the UAE on Saturday for taking part in protests against their government back home on UAE soil, where demonstrations are banned. The number of those arrested

Bangladesh’s top court on Sunday pared back, but fell short of public demands to abolish, contentious civil service hiring rules that sparked nationwide clashes between police and university students that have killed 151 people. What began as a protest against politicised admission quotas for sought-after government jobs snowballed this week into some of the worst

Bezalel Smotrich (right) and Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) are far-right Israeli government ministers [Amir Levy/Getty-archive] US National Security Council meeting discussed the possibility of sanctioning two far-right Israeli ministers on Wednesday, three American officials told Axios news site. A decision was not reached on whether to sanction Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, sources told the outlet. The meeting addressed

Israeli strikes continue to pummel the Gaza Strip, killing 11 people into Sunday morning in the Bureij refugee camp, and two people, including a child, during a morning strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa. The Israeli strikes on Gaza come amid new strikes on Lebanon, where

The strikes triggered a raging fire and plumes of black smoke which could be seen from all across the city [Getty] Israeli warplanes struck the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeida Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding another 87 according to health authorities. It comes a day after a drone attack by the Iran-backed

Hezbollah has traded fire with Israel since October last year in parallel with the war on Gaza [Getty/file photo] Israeli strikes late on Saturday targeted a depot storing ammunition belonging to Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, three security sources told Reuters. The strikes on the town of Adloun, about 40 km (25 miles)

The advisory opinion by ICJ judges is not binding but carries weight under international law and may weaken support for Israel [Getty/archive] The US criticised “the breadth” of the top UN court’s opinion that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal, with Washington saying it would complicate efforts to resolve the conflict. “We have been

Greek Cypriots mourned those killed and still missing since the 1974 convulsion of violence [Getty] Cyprus on Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the bloody invasion of the Mediterranean island by Turkish troops with both sides as divided as ever over the territory’s future. As Greek Cypriots mourned those killed and still missing since the