Politics

Yemen’s Houthis have launched coordinated attacks on Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran, injuring at least 73 people and disrupting operations at Saudi energy facilities.

The West Bank is becoming a new source of confrontation between Israel and its Western allies. Settlement expansion, unauthorized outposts and rising settler violence have led Britain, France, Canada and several European countries to move toward bans on trade with Israeli settlements.

Yemen’s four-year military stalemate is beginning to unravel. The Houthis have launched their biggest ground offensive in years toward Taiz and the strategic Bab al-Mandeb, while government forces have responded with rare airstrikes and Saudi Arabia is again exchanging attacks with the group.

Israeli strikes on Kfar Rumman in southern Lebanon have killed at least 12 people, including two children and four women. One strike hit a residential building, while another killed a paramedic.

Somaliland President Abdirahman Irro has arrived in Washington for his first official U.S. visit, seeking deeper security and economic ties while pushing one of Somaliland’s biggest goals: American recognition of its independence.

Germany’s AfD has won a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt, taking 43.8% of the vote and more than doubling its support since 2021. The CDU collapsed to just 17.2%, while the AfD finished only three seats short of an outright majority.