Headlines- The IRGC launched ballistic missiles at two US warships "patrolling regional waters," according to US Central Command, which then launched an attack on Iranian oil vessels.
- The US attacks on three oil tankers were denounced by Iran's Foreign Ministry as a "war crime," and the Iranian military threatened to launch further strikes on US naval vessels if the blockade persisted.
- On Saturday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Moscow.
- As part of an anti-immigrant protest, hundreds of masked people halted ferry traffic between France and the UK on Saturday at the port of Dover, England.
- Ten days after the catastrophic floods near the border between Nepal and Tibet, a man and a woman found alive, according to officials.
Tag: Houthi Rebels
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.
Yemen: Who are the Four Journalists...
The four journalists detained since 2015 by the Houthis and sentenced to death last April for “spying”, contributed, from Sanaa, to a network of media and pages on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Telegram and WhatsApp linked to the Islah party, the Yemeni branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, which holds power in government-controlled areas recognized by the international community
CPJ calls on Houthis to Reverse...
A court proceeding set up by the Houthis in Sanaa, the capital, handed down the sentence on 11 April against the four journalists, according to the journalists’ lawyer, Abdel Majeed Farea Sabra; Abdullah al-Mansouri, Tawfiq al-Mansouri’s brother; and Nabil Alosaidi, Yemeni Journalists Syndicate co-chair, who communicated with CPJ via messaging app. The Houthis handed down the sentence after detaining the journalists for nearly five years, according to CPJ reporting
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