13+ min ago   (273+ words) CAIRO – Yemen’s Houthi rebels captured more strategic islands in the southern Red Sea, Yemeni government and Houthi officials said on Monday, strengthening their control of a major maritime shipping route. The rebels deployed fighters on the islands of Greater Hanish…...

13+ hour, 27+ min ago   (938+ words) The Yemeni government vowed to send more forces to the Red Sea coast and one official conceded a “painful” defeat last week when Houthis captured the port city of Mokha and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial…...

13+ hour, 4+ min ago   (757+ words) An Iranian commercial ship was struck early Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed, Iranian state media say. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern Saudi Arabia, putting new…...

19+ hour, 42+ min ago   (635+ words) KYIV – Civilians were killed and injured overnight as Russia and Ukraine continued to attack each other with waves of drones. Two people were killed in Russia’s Tatarstan, according to local officials, while Ukrainian authorities reported Russian drone attacks on the…...

20+ hour, 38+ min ago   (258+ words) MySA 11 attacks on his home country The Chicago-born pope made his first public comments to commemorate the anniversary, speaking in English at the end of his traditional Sunday noon blessing from his studio window overlooking St “Two days ago…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (532+ words) Ukraine is under mounting pressure from Russia’s intensifying air campaign that uses ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones to pierce defenses. Moscow’s attacks have targeted Ukraine’s power grid ahead of winter in what officials say is meant to demoralize civilians. Two…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (853+ words) It was a heart-pounding escape. As Houthi rebels backed by Iran swept south along Yemen's Red Sea coast this week, some residents had little time to flee. “We set out in hysterical panic on a motorcycle, not knowing where we…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (908+ words) Attacks on a key Saudi oil pipeline were launched from Iraqi territory, said Iraq's government Saturday, pledging to probe further. U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to blame Iran for the attack that halted the pipeline. Iraq closed two key border crossings…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (284+ words) The South Kivu provincial government said in a press release that 19 girls and seven boys were killed, adding that the death toll could rise. The spokesperson for rebel M23 group that controls the city, Lawrence Kanyuka, said earlier that 24 students were…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (541+ words) HONG KONG – A Hong Kong court is set to sentence Friday three activists who for years organized vigils in remembrance of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in a case that is widely seen as a barometer of the city's freedoms as…...