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Iran-backed Houthis seize strategic Mayun Island: Can they hold it? 

12 September 2026

Houthi forces have taken control of the island of Mayun – also known as Perim – tightening their grip on the eastern...

Yemen government forces say Houthi ‘members, vehicles’ targeted in Mocha 

12 September 2026

News|Houthis Yemeni government forces say they have launched air strikes on Houthi fighters along the Red Sea coast afte...

Saudi Arabia shuts critical oil pipeline after drone attack: What happened 

12 September 2026

Saudi Arabia has temporarily closed its critical East-West oil pipeline, a 1,200km (746-mile) conduit stretching across ...

Russia strikes cargo vessels, steel plants across Ukraine 

12 September 2026

Russia’s Ministry of Defence says its forces have struck several industrial facilities across Ukraine, as Moscow conti...

Guatemalan judge clears deputy minister, three leaders of terrorism charges 

12 September 2026

A Guatemalan court has cleared a deputy minister and three other Indigenous leaders of terrorism charges, brought over t...

Fighting re-erupts in Yemen and civilians are paying the price 

12 September 2026

Taiz, Yemen – Aman Murshed, a mother of five in her 50s, has spent more than five years displaced in a camp in Taiz’...

What did US intelligence know before the 9/11 attacks? 

12 September 2026

Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the CIA has released a series of presidential briefing documents showi...

Sweden heads to the polls: What’s at stake in the knife-edge election? 

12 September 2026

Stockholm, Sweden – On Sunday, Swedes will vote in a knife-edge general election that could see it either usher in a l...

BRICS summit opens in New Delhi amid wars, global tensions, tariffs 

12 September 2026

The annual BRICS summit has opened in New Delhi, with China’s President Xi Jinping, Russia’s President Vladimir Puti...

BRICS meets in India: What’s on the agenda, why it matters 

12 September 2026

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hosting the annual BRICS Summit beginning today in the Indian capital, New Del...