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THE fact that high officials from the Makkah defence pact partner states — Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye — were in Tehran on Monday made global headlines, …

Saudi’s biggest oil refinery hit with missile, say Yemen’s Houthis

Intensifying hostilities between Yemen and Saudi Arabia further disrupt oil supplies and heighten the risk of a wider regional conflict, eight months since the …

Yemen's Houthis say they hit Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura oil refinery with missile

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Tuesday that it had launched a ballistic missile toward the Ras Tanura oil refinery in eastern Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s …

Egyptian Parliament Authorizes Troops to Defend Saudi Arabia

The Egyptian Parliament on Monday voted to give President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi the authority to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia, where they would help the kingdom…

In Texas, ‘everything is bigger, including politics’

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Yemeni Govt Forces Press Advance on Houthis Near Bab al-Mandeb, in Taiz

Explosions heard over Riyadh as Saudi authorities say Houthi missiles downed

Houthis accused government forces of killing two people in a strike at a gas station near the besieged Yemeni city of Taiz, where fighting has been intensifying…

Yemen's Houthis claim attacks on Saudi oil refinery and defense ministry

Earlier on Tuesday, a Houthi official said the Egyptian parliament's decision to authorize defensive military support for Saudi Arabia amounted to a declaration…

Debris from ballistic missile interception falls in Riyadh, causing material damage

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Yemen’s Houthis claim missile attack on Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura oil refinery

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Headlines for October 27, 2026

Netanyahu Battles to Hold Power as Israel Holds First Election in Four Years, U.N. Commission of Inquiry Finds Israel Committed Genocide in Gaza, War Crimes in …

Crisis in Yemen: "Imperative that World Powers Resolutely Defend International Maritime Law"

All signs are pointing toward an escalation. UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg explains how close the two parties once were to peace - and what the prosp…

There’s No End in Sight to Yemen’s Destructive War

A sudden offensive by Ansar Allah this summer took its Yemeni opponents and their Saudi allies by surprise. But the resumption of conflict is likely to be long …

The US should stay out of Saudi Arabia’s war

After a four year truce, Saudi Arabia and the Houthis have returned to open conflict in Yemen.Last month, the Saudis conducted over 250 air raids that killed ov…

If Dems win big in midterms, Hegseth's head could roll

Democratic lawmakers have begun planning their post-midterm investigations into Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, whose tenure has been filled with controversy…

Newborn twins fight for survival as conflict fuels Yemen's hunger crisis

Raghad and Raad's family had to flee their home on foot because of the fighting between pro-government forces and the Houthis.

Yemenis Unable to Reach Hospital Are Part of the Iran War Death Toll

At least 10 patients with kidney failure near Taiz, a city under a Houthi siege, died because they were unable to get to their dialysis treatments. The post Yem…

As Houthis encircle Taiz, Yemen's Saudi-backed gov't faces disaster

Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city, endured a siege from 2015 to 2017. Today, it is encircled again.The World Food Program says it cannot reach more than 600,000 …

The Yemen War, Saudi-Iran relations and Another Escalation in the Gulf

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The Next War of Attrition is in Yemen

Battlefield dynamics in Yemen shift quickly, but Houthi aims do not. A movement organized around radical ideology and perpetual conflict now shares a border wit…

BBC's Orla Guerin travels with Yemen's southern national security forces through desert battlefield

Orla Guerin travelled through Yemen, with forces loyal to its internationally recognised government, to a remote desert battlefield where Houthi rebels were dis…

Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet

Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes as fighting around Yemen threatens the submarine cables connecting Europe and Asia.