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Members of Houthi security forces sit on a rock at the site of a rally held to commemorate Mawlid, marking the anniversary of Prophet Muhammad's birthday, in Sanaa, Yemen, August 25, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah) Reports in Yemen suggest that Yemen’s government forces have made some limited gains against the Houthis. The Houthis have dominated a swath of Yemen since 2015. They have consolidated control over the last decade and launched attacks on Saudi Arabia, Israel, and other countries. They are backed by Iran. However, Iran has fewer funds to support them, and this could cause them to suffer setbacks.  The Houthis could still threaten the key Bab al-Mandab Strait at the entrance to the Red Sea . They could do this to try to reduce pressure on Iran. Currently, the picture of escalation is not fully clear. Both the Houthis and government forces are escalating attacks.  Reports in regional media, including SANA in Syria and Al-Arabiya, say that Yemeni governme...

  Damaged buildings after, what the security sources say, a drone struck an arms depot in an attack on the headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish opposition group in which two fighters were wounded, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in the town of Dekala in Iraq's Kurdistan region March 4, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER) Iran carried out a new attack on a Kurdish Iranian opposition group in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq, one of more than 1,000 Iranian drone and missile attacks on the Kurdistan Region since February 2026. In February, the US and Israel began attacks on Iran. Iran has targeted Kurdish groups . The attack comes amid numerous reports in Kurdish media that the US is withdrawing from Iraq, including forces in the Kurdistan Region. This includes reports of air defenses being withdrawn. Iran may be emboldened by these reports. Rudaw noted on September 7 that “Iran launched a drone attack on one of the bases of an Iranian Kurdish party in Sulaimani provi...

Nollywood actress cum social media influencer, Nimmy Ferrari, has died a few days before her housewarming party. Naija News reports that Nimmy’s colleague, Oluwakemisola Apesin, popularly known as Kemity, broke the news on Instagram.She wrote: “ Everybody is back home we left only you IDERA Nimmyferrari it is well.” According to unconfirmed reports circulating on social media, Nimmy underwent fibroid surgery but developed complications that led to her demise. However, the family is yet to confirm the exact circumstances surrounding Nimmy’s death at the time of filing this report.Nimmy had recently completed the construction of her house and was preparing to host a housewarming celebration in the coming days. Videos circulating online showed a large crowd gathered at the new house, as workers dug Nimmy’s grave on the compound in preparation for her burial.

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz seen in the Knesset plenum, December 16, 2024 (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90) Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have directed the IDF to target senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials in an "all-out war" on terrorism in the West Bank. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and I instructed the IDF to prepare to launch an all-out war against senior officials and mechanisms of the [Palestinian] Authority, the bodies associated with them, and against all terrorist infrastructure in Judea and Samaria - in order to quickly bring about their complete defeat," Katz said. The Monday statement followed the West Bank terror stabbing attack at Maoz Yehuda Farm near Kusra that left one moderately to seriously wounded. 

Members of Houthi security forces sit on a rock at the site of a rally held to commemorate Mawlid, marking the anniversary of Prophet Muhammad's birthday, in Sanaa, Yemen, August 25, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah) The Houthis escalated fighting in Yemen in recent days as the Iran-backed terror group worked to seize territory that would give them greater control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a chokepoint at the entrance to the Red Sea that is instrumental in international shipping routes, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing local security sources.  Fighting has intensified around western Taiz as the Houthis attempted to reach Mocha , a port city less than 50 miles from the strait, Col. Abdul Basit al-Baher, an army officer with the Yemeni government in the region, told the NYT .  The Houthis declared a blockade on Saudi oil tankers passing through the Red Sea, which is where most of Saudi Arabia 's oil exports travel, in July and have since launched ...

  An explosive drone launched by Hezbollah is seen near the Israeli border with Lebanon during a Hezbollah attack in northern Israel, May 19, 2026; Illustrative. (photo credit: AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90) The IDF struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after the terrorist organization launched a drone towards Israeli soldiers, the military said on Friday. According to the IDF, the soldiers shot down the drone after it was spotted approaching them earlier on Friday. No IDF soldiers were injured in the attack, which was described by the military as a "blatant violation" of the ceasefire agreement. The strikes follow an announcement by Defense Minister Israel Katz earlier on Friday that the IDF had cleared Lebanon's Ali al-Taher ridge tunnels of Hezbollah terrorists.