Jan 16 Watch 3:44 World leaders concerned about Mideast war escalating after attacks in Lebanon and Iraq By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi The Biden administration will soon designate Houthi militants in Yemen as a specially designated global terrorist group, a White House official tells the NewsHour. It follows more than 30 Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and it's… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch 6:35 Israeli officials disagree in public over how war with Hamas should end By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Israeli leaders are increasingly disagreeing in public over the best path forward with its war in Gaza. Nick Schifrin discussed the direction of the conflict and the splits within the Israeli war cabinet with David Makovsky, a distinguished fellow at… Continue watching
Jan 16 WATCH: Senate debates resolution for human rights report on U.S. aid to Israel for Gaza war By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Some 24,000 people in Gaza, the majority of them women and children, have been killed and the bombings have destroyed most of the housing units, displacing most of its 2.3 million people in a humanitarian catastrophe. Continue reading
Jan 16 A freed Israeli hostage relives horrors of captivity and fears for her husband, still held captive in Gaza By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Days spin by, punctuated by reports that other hostages have died in captivity. Sharon and other freed hostages have increasingly spoken out about the conditions they endured. Continue reading
Jan 16 U.S. conducts another attack against Houthis, hitting anti-ship missiles By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The strike came as the Iranian-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack against the Malta-flagged bulk carrier Zografia, also on Tuesday, in the Red Sea. Continue reading
Jan 15 At Davos, conflict, climate change and AI get top billing as leaders converge for the World Economic Forum By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Climate, conflict and the rise of artificial intelligence round out a to-do list of global priorities at this year's edition of the World Economic Forum gabfest of business, political and other elites. Continue reading
Jan 15 Iran strikes targets in northern Iraq and Syria as regional tensions escalate By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Salar Salim, Associated Press Iran has announced that it launched strikes against a "spy headquarters and the gathering of anti-Iranian terrorist groups" shortly after missiles hit an area near the U.S. consulate in Irbil, the seat of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 5:19 Iranian-backed groups raise threat of drawing U.S. into a wider Middle East conflict By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and Israel’s military response in Gaza, Iranian-backed militias in the region have escalated attacks. Hezbollah and the IDF have traded barrages while the Houthis have lobbed missiles and attacked ships in the Red Sea… Continue watching
Jan 15 Sunak defends his decision for the UK to join the U.S. in ‘limited’ strikes on Yemen’s Houthis By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Sunak faced questions in Parliament about why British lawmakers did not get a say on the military action. Continue reading
Jan 15 Houthi rebels strike a U.S.-owned ship off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Since November, the rebels have repeatedly targeted ships in the Red Sea, saying they were avenging Israel’s offensive in Gaza against Hamas. Continue reading