Houthi rebels kill 16 Yemeni government troops in fiercest clashes in years
Medical sources on the Red Sea coast report 16 dead from pro-government forces and 22 wounded.

Medical sources on the Red Sea coast report 16 dead from pro-government forces and 22 wounded.






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US and Israel claim extensive damage, Iran projects defiance, and satellite images show fast attempts at recovery.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have been locked in an on-off cycle of cross-border strikes, leaving their ties in tatters.
President Zelenskyy says Ukraine is expanding its long-range drone campaign with new strikes deep inside Russia.
Iranian officials are expected in Doha for talks with Qatari mediators, a day after US negotiators arrived there.
Afghan defence ministry says it carried out ‘air strikes’ in Pakistan’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
Has Iran’s regional deterrence been permanently degraded, or is its proxy network mutating into a resilient force?
Analysts say Russia’s fuel crisis may affect its domestic economy, but the war in Ukraine will remain the priority.
Plan includes more than 5 billion pounds for drones and autonomous systems over four years, Ministry of Defence says.

Israeli forces have shelled a village in southern Syria, firing artillery and illumination flares overnight.
The US-Iran MoU acts as a state-to-state framework managing mutual pain, not a definitive end to regional conflict.