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Saudi Arabia is preparing to start a war against Houthi rebels in Yemen. According to Reuters report, Saudi may land more than 1 lakh Yemeni soldiers. Its objective is to free the Bab-al-Mandeb Strait located at the southern end of the Red Sea from the control of Houthis and to secure the route of maritime…
The World Health Organisation said it documented 164 deaths and 645 injuries in Yemen between September 19 and September 26, as fighting between the Iran-backed Houthis and Yemeni government forces continued. It said the latest violence has displaced more than 180,000 people. In separate developments, a woman was killed and two other people were wounded…
News world With Pakistan Unwilling To Help, Saudi Arabia Turns To Israel For Support As Houthi Attacks Rise Last Updated:September 15, 2026, 6:17 PM IST Saudi Arabia and Israel held talks mediated by CENTCOM to help Riyadh defend itself from rising Houthi attacks after Pakistan ruled out deployment of military assets. A satellite image shows…
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have seized the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, tightening their grip on a crucial global shipping route as the Middle East war widens, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters on Friday. Two sources from Yemen’s Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government said government forces had withdrawn from Perim and…
Three Pakistanis and one Indonesian were killed after an Iran-backed Houthi attack on the Egyptian-owned cargo ship Tihamah in Yemen’s Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Yemeni transport ministry said on Tuesday, in the first reported deaths from a Houthi strike on shipping since the Iran war began on February 28. The ministry said the crew lost…
Last Updated:July 30, 2026, 11:09 PM IST Saudi Arabia and 13 nations formed a maritime coalition in Riyadh to guard the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Red Sea, and Gulf of Aden amid Houthi blockades. Houthi supporters brandish rifles and hold portraits of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally in solidarity with Iran…
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said on Saturday that they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in the latest escalation around key shipping routes in the Middle East. The development comes as tensions remain high over the Strait of Hormuz, where the…
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said early Thursday they had attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, while the US military said it carried out a 12th straight night of strikes against Iran as the two sides battle for control of key shipping lanes. The Houthi attack raised the risk of the conflict spreading…
Washington: The USS George HW Bush — America’s super-powerful Nimitz-class supercarrier– is taking a long detour around Africa to avoid Houthi-threatened Red Sea waters amid a tense US naval build-up near the Hormuz Strait. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was spotted off the coast of Namibia earlier this week as it prepared to sail around the…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will on Monday convene senior government and military officials alongside energy, shipping, finance and insurance sector leaders to discuss the Middle East war, his office said late Sunday. The roundtable meeting in Downing Street will examine the impact of Iran’s effective closure of the vital Strait of Hormuz, which has…