• Israel's military begins its ground offensive in Gaza City and thousands of residents flee

    Israel's military begins its ground offensive in Gaza City and thousands of residents flee

    Sep 16, 2025 02:09 PM EST

    ... city of Hodeida in Yemen. The Houthis have regularly fired drones and missiles at Israel in what they say is solidarity with the Palestinians. The vast majority have been intercepted or landed in open areas without causing casualties or damage. Israel has carried out waves of retaliatory strikes on Yemen.

  • Qatar summit in response to Israeli strike on Hamas in Doha leads to little action

    Qatar summit in response to Israeli strike on Hamas in Doha leads to little action

    Sep 15, 2025 02:32 PM EST

    ... 2023, attack, has retaliated against the militant group and other members of Iran’s so-called Axis of Resistance elsewhere, including in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and now Qatar. That’s fueled wider anger among Mideast nations already enraged by the deaths of more than 64,000 Palestinians during the ...

  • The potential consequences of Israel's strike on Hamas in Qatar

    The potential consequences of Israel's strike on Hamas in Qatar

    Sep 10, 2025 10:40 PM EST

    ... difficult with Israeli actions that are being taken without accountability. Since October 7, Geoff, at least five Arab countries were bombarded by Israel -- Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Qatar, not to mention Iran, of course, which is not an Arab country, and Tunisia, and without accountability. Israel is clearly violating the U ...

  • Israel steps up Gaza City attacks while Houthi drone strikes an Israeli airport in rare hit

    Israel steps up Gaza City attacks while Houthi drone strikes an Israeli airport in rare hit

    Sep 07, 2025 06:28 PM EST

    While frequent, the aerial attacks from Yemen have not caused significant damage in Israel. But in rare cases they have managed to hit strategic targets like airports. Before Sunday's assault, the most damaging Houthi attack was in May, when a Houthi missile struck near Israel’s main Ben Gurion ...

  • Israel launches satellite to expand its surveillance throughout the Middle East

    Israel launches satellite to expand its surveillance throughout the Middle East

    Sep 03, 2025 08:30 PM EST

    ... the Middle East as it conducts what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called a “seven-front war,” with Israeli forces striking targets in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq throughout the 23 months of war in Gaza. Maj. Gen. Amir Baram said the satellite, called Ofek 19, was part of a ...

  • 3 deported by U.S. held in African prison despite completing sentences, lawyers say

    3 deported by U.S. held in African prison despite completing sentences, lawyers say

    Sep 02, 2025 05:40 PM EST

    Homeland security said those two men had been convicted of charges including child rape and second-degree murder. A third lawyer, Alma David, said she represented two men from Yemen and Cuba who are also held in Eswatini and were denied access to lawyers. She said she had been told ...

  • Israeli airstrike killed Houthi prime minister in Sanaa, rebel group confirms

    Israeli airstrike killed Houthi prime minister in Sanaa, rebel group confirms

    Aug 30, 2025 03:46 PM EST

    CAIRO (AP) — The Houthis said Saturday an Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, the most senior Houthi official killed in the Israeli-U.S. campaign against the Iranian-backed rebels. Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in a Thursday strike in ...

  • What to know about the Trump administration's plan to deport migrants to Africa

    What to know about the Trump administration's plan to deport migrants to Africa

    Aug 28, 2025 05:56 PM EST

    ... again. Eswatini Two weeks after the South Sudan deportations, the U.S. announced that it had sent five other men — citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos — to the small kingdom of Eswatini, in southern Africa. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security described them as violent criminals whose ...

  • European nations start process to impose a 'snapback' of Iran nuclear sanctions at UN

    European nations start process to impose a 'snapback' of Iran nuclear sanctions at UN

    Aug 28, 2025 03:58 PM EST

    ... Rubio said in a statement. Using the "snapback" mechanism also likely will raise tensions further between Iran and the West in a region still burning over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. As the measure was announced, Israel launched a strikes targeting Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

  • Rwanda says 7 deportees arrived from the US in August under agreement with Washington

    Rwanda says 7 deportees arrived from the US in August under agreement with Washington

    Aug 28, 2025 03:33 PM EST

    ... U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for their deportations. The U.S. also deported five men who are citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini, where the government said they will be held in solitary confinement in prison for an ...