The mountainous district is key to control of Mocha, the Red Sea port the Houthis seized last month. Forces aligned with Yemen’s internationally recognised government have launched an operation to capture a strategic mountainous district from the Houthis as part of a wider push to retake the Red Sea coast and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait….
Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman says capacity restored after major attack last month. Published On 6 Oct 20266 Oct 2026 Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has said that oil pumped through the key East-West Pipeline reached a capacity of 5.8 million barrels a day (bpd). Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman made the comments during a panel…
Middle East oil exports, excluding those from Iran, surpassed their pre-war levels last week, despite attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler. For the first time since the U.S. and Israel launched their offensive against Iran at the end of February, the weekly average of…
Israel says that work has begun on a development project around an outdoor pool in the occupied West Bank filled after settlers illegally diverted water from a Palestinian village over the summer. Instead of restoring the water to the village of Fasayil, near Jericho, Israeli authorities are working to formalise what has now been termed…
Hangu, Pakistan – Police officer Fayyaz Khan and his colleagues ducked for cover as drones carrying explosives rained them down on their checkpost in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province this year. The April 16 attack was claimed by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), commonly known as the Pakistan Taliban, and its fighters then opened fire from all…
Last month, a woman identified as Jane Doe filed a lawsuit against Cornell University, the fraternity Chi Phi and the seven fraternity members she accused of gang-raping her on the night of October 19, 2024. Her allegations have triggered a nationwide reckoning in the United States over the prevalence of sexual assault on college campuses….
German chancellor visits Kyiv amid air raid sirens, pledging strong support as Russian strikes disrupt the capital. Published On 4 Oct 20264 Oct 2026 Russia has struck a key bridge in Kyiv just as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in the Ukrainian capital to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The unannounced visit, marked by the sound…
Mutare, Zimbabwe – Samantha Chimbuya had built a life in South Africa after leaving Zimbabwe in 2019 in search of better opportunities. She found work, could afford food and believed her two children had access to better education. She also had access to healthcare. Then, she no longer felt safe. As June 30 approached, a…
Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – Ahmad Mohsen, 24, sits in a shop selling prepaid internet access cards in Deir el-Balah. Three years ago, before Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza started, he imagined a different future. He had graduated with a degree in nursing and was preparing to complete the procedures required to obtain his professional licence….
A report stating that the Trump administration directed funds towards right-wing groups comes ahead of Brazil’s presidential election. Published On 1 Oct 20261 Oct 2026 Brazil’s attorney general has called on law enforcement to investigate alleged efforts by the United States to interfere in the country’s domestic politics through the diversion of funds to far-right…
