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A two-week lull in attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has ended with the resumption of missile strikes targeting Red Sea ships linked to Israel, the US or nations supporting the international anti-Houthi naval coalition in those waters. The attacks, which the Houthis have been carrying out since November 2023, are a bid to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. However, while the Iran-backed group has not actually managed to influence the course of the war between Israel and Hamas, its ongoing attacks have increased the group’s own popularity to an unprecedented level. And now, some five months into the attacks, the Houthis are starting to leverage this power boost across Yemen. The US-led international…

At least 24 people have died after a section of a road collapsed in southern China, according to officials.Rescuers are at the scene in Guangdong province after a 60-ft stretch of the road in the city of Meizhou disappeared into a hole. Officials have not confirmed the cause of the collapse, but the mountainous area has experienced heavy rain and storms in recent days.The authorities said 20 cars had fallen into a large opening in the road at about 2am on Wednesday, the Xinhua News Agency reported.State broadcaster CCTV reported 30 people had been taken to hospital. Aerial pictures show…

Police began dismantling about 200 tents housing asylum-seekers in Ireland’s capital, Dublin, early Wednesday. The government said police and other authorities were removing the migrants from the tents on Mount Street in the center of the capital and moving them to shelters. Buses were on standby to take the people away. People will not be allowed to return to the camp once it is cleared, Prime Minister Simon Harrishad said on Tuesday. “Once we clear Mount Street and provide people with a safer setting and access to sanitation, we need to make sure that the laws of the land are applied…

Efforts in Indonesia began to evacuate about 12,000 residents from their homes on Wednesday following the eruption of the Ruang volcano. The volcano erupted on Tuesday, spewing lava and rocks, with the authorities raising the alert level to the highest possible and warning of potential pyroclastic flows, deadly ash surges and the possibility of a tsunami. Mount Ruang, which is situated in the Sangihe Islands arc of the North Sulawesi province, has been increasingly active in recent weeks.  The eruption also led to a power outage on neighboring Tagulandang island. Sam Ratulangi International Airport in Manado was forced to shut down,…

It was a rare window into confrontations most have viewed from afar. We were invited on board the Philippine Coastguard Vessel BRP Bagacay.They were on a resupply mission to Scarborough Shoal (referred to as Huangyan Dao by the Chinese), a submerged reef which China claims as its own but is within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone. They were meant to be dropping off food and fuel to fishermen who rely on the lives beneath these waters. But they knew, as did we, that this journey was about far more.It felt as if they wanted to show the world they were…

For the first time in history, Uzbekistan will compete in a team sport at the Olympics. Victory over Indonesia in a wild under-23 Asian Cup semifinal saw Indonesia have a goal disallowed and a man sent off, Uzbekistan fire off 28 shots and hit the woodwork four times, before running out 2-0 winners to secure their spot in Paris this summer. “I dedicate this victory to our President, our people and our supporters,” said head coach Timur Kapadze. “It’s true we dominated this game, my players were better physically and tactically. It was a game where we felt the pressure because we…

Skip next section Ukraine launches drone attacks on several Russian regions05/01/2024May 1, 2024Ukraine launches drone attacks on several Russian regionsUkraine launched drone strikes against several Russian regions in the hours leading up to Wednesday morning, according to Russian officials, with Russian media reporting a fire at the Ryazan oil refinery as a result of the attack. Pavel Malkov, governor of the Ryazan region, which borders Moscow Oblast in the northwest, said there were no injuries following drone strikes there. The attack sparked a fire at the Ryazan oil refinery, according to Baza, a Russian cable channel close to the security…

The voices of some 50 elderly protesters are heard echoing in song across the grounds of South Africa’s Constitutional Court in Johannesburg, the commercial heart of South Africa. They are demanding justice and reparations for abuses suffered under apartheid — 30 years after the country became a democracy. They are all members of the Khulumani Support Group and the Galela Campaign — two groups fighting for financial redress for the victims of white minority rule under apartheid. The protesters say that since they weren’t identified as victims of human rights abuses during apartheid by South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), led by the…

The law of the sea is clear and simple enough: a country’s territorial sea extends to 12 nautical miles from shore and a country’s exclusive economic zone – where the state has exclusive rights over natural resources – extends 200 miles.The problem is that there are a lot of countries bordering the South China Sea – and their claims conflict. That’s before you add in China’s own extremely expansive claim – the nine-dash line which claims nearly the whole sea as theirs. That was rejected by an international tribunal, a decision which China rejected. That’s why features in the sea…

South Korea is discussing participation in the AUKUS defense pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, Defence Minister Shin Won-sik said on Wednesday. Shin was speaking at a press conference following a meeting of Australian and South Korean defense and foreign ministers in Melbourne. “During today’s meeting we also discussed the possibility of partnering with AUKUS Pillar 2,” Shin said, referring to a deal focused on developing hypersonic weapons, drones and other advanced technologies. The AUKUS deal Established in  2021, AUKUS is a two-stage security pact to push back against China’s growing influence in the Asia Pacific…