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Houthi militants march in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday. Photo: AP

Houthis used Claude AI to develop guided rockets and missiles: Anthropic

Anthropic detected three weapons programmes in northern Yemen.

US President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US on 18 November 2025. Photo: Reuters

Saudi crown prince sought US military help from Trump with Houthis, sources say

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Israel kills Hamas commander in Gaza strike, military and militants say

US President Donald Trump speaks next to Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, CEO of Cleveland Clinic Tom Mihaljevic and CEO of G42 Peng Xiao at a business forum at Qasr Al Watan during the final stop of his Gulf visit, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 16 May 2025. File Photo/Reuters

UAE revises AI data centre plan after Iranian attacks, sources say

Members of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces fire a tank during what they say to be clashes with Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in a location given as near Al-Hazm, Yemen, in this screen grab obtained from a handout video released 9 September 2026. Photo: Reuters

Yemen's Houthis reach strategic island at mouth of vital shipping lane

Protest about abducted Syrian women: Another example of the kinds of rumours circulating is that women from minority communities are being sold as sex slaves. Photo: Elisa Gestri/Sipa USA/picture alliance

Syria: How the 'house of sisters' threat split society

Members of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces during clashes with Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in a location given as near Al-Hazm, Yemen. Photo: Reuters

Houthi advance along Yemeni coast threatens Saudi oil exports

Palestinian internal medicine doctor Ahmed Al Nabris puts an oxygen mask on a female patient amid shortages of fuel and oil needed to run generators at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo: Reuters

Gaza's hospitals and homes struggle to keep generators running as oil shortages bite

US President Donald Trump salutes as members of the military carry the transfer case of US Army Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad of the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command, who was killed during an attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, during a dignified transfer of his remains at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, US on 22 July, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Trump's Iran campaign echoes the post-9/11 'forever wars'

An unmanned US submersible Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it captured at the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz, at an undisclosed location in Iran, in this picture obtained on 8, September, 2026. Photo: Reuters/IRGC/WANA

Iran likely to reverse-engineer captured US underwater drone

A screengrab from video footage shows Iranian tankers ablaze following attacks on shipping in the region. Photo: Reuters

Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with chief of Defence Forces of Pakistan, Field Marshal Asim Munir, in Tehran, Iran, 24 August, 2026. Photo: Iran's Presidential website/WANA/REUTERS

Pakistan warns Iran to rein in Houthis as Riyadh strikes back

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham reacts during Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, September 9, 2026. Photo: House of Commons/Handout via REUTERS

Why UK took tougher action against Israel