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Israeli army says a missile fired from Yemen intercepted

Israel's army said it had intercepted a missile on fired from Yemen, a day after Israeli forces carried out air strikes there that killed 35 people and wounded more than 130.

Middle East • 11 Sep

Yemen's Houthis vow 'revenge' after PM's death

The prime minister of Yemen's Houthi-run government and several other ministers were killed in an Israeli strike on the capital Sanaa, the head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council said, in the first such attack to kill senior officials.

Middle East • 31 Aug

Protesters take part in a demonstration held against Israel and in solidarity with Gaza

Houthis say PM killed in Israeli strike on Thursday

Yemen's Houthi rebels have said their prime minister had been killed in an Israeli airstrike, the most senior official known to have died in a series of attacks during the Gaza war.

Middle East • 30 Aug

A small boat with people on board and a yemeni flag flying from it

76 dead after migrant boat sinks off Yemen

At least 76 people have died and dozens are missing after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen, officials said.

World • 04 Aug

A view of the destruction in the area after US warplanes launched airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen in April 2025

Houthis strike back after Israeli attacks on Yemen ports

Israel has attacked Houthi targets in three Yemeni ports and a power plant, the Israeli military said, marking the first Israeli attack on Yemen in almost a month.

Middle East • 07 Jul

Damaged buildings following a US strike in the northern province of Saada

US and UK forces in joint military operation in Yemen

US and British forces conducted a joint military operation in Yemen yesterday, according to Britain's Ministry of Defence, which said the operation was against a Houthi military target responsible for making drones like those used to attack shipping.

World • 30 Apr

A detention centre for African migrants in Saada was attacked

UN 'alarmed' as latest US strikes in Yemen kill 68

The United Nations has expressed deep alarm at reports that US strikes on Yemen killed scores of people at a migrant detention centre in a stronghold of the Houthi rebels.

Middle East • 28 Apr

The US military said the most recent strike aimed to cut off a source of supplies (file image)

80 killed in deadliest US attack on Yemen, say Houthis

US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Houthi rebels have said, in the deadliest attack of Washington's 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group.

World • 18 Apr

Senator Roger Wicker is chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee

Senior US Republican calls for probe over Signal chat

A powerful US Senate Republican has called for an independent investigation of Trump administration officials' discussion of sensitive attack plans on the Signal messaging app.

US • 27 Mar

Yemeni people sweep shattered glass from streets after US airstrikes on Sanaa and other provinces

US hostility to EU obvious from security breach

In Europe, the takeaway from the security breach over US airstrikes on Yemen has been the deepening hostility of the Trump administration to Europe, or at least the charge that it free-rides on US security, writes RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly.

Analysis and Comment • 26 Mar

It comes one day after the shooting down of two projectiles launched by Houthi militants (Stock image)

Israel says it intercepted missile fired from Yemen

The Israeli military has said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, one day after also shooting down two projectiles launched by the Houthi militants.

Middle East • 21 Mar

Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed the attack on the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman

Yemen's Houthis claim new attack on American warships

Yemen's Houthis have claimed their third attack on American warships in 48 hours, despite US strikes on the Iran-backed rebels that have sparked mass protests.

World • 18 Mar

Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed the attack on aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman

US piles pressure on Yemen's Houthis with new airstrikes

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed to have twice attacked a US aircraft carrier group within 24 hours, calling it retaliation for deadly US strikes.

Middle East • 17 Mar

Smoke rises after a series of US airstrikes on the Houthi capital Sanaa in Yemen

Nine people killed as Trump orders strikes on Yemen

Nine people were killed in strikes on Yemen's capital, Houthi rebels said after US President Donald Trump announced an attack on the group.

Middle East • 15 Mar

In January alone Houthi rebels detained eight UN workers, including six in Saada

UN halts operations in Houthi stronghold over detentions

The United Nations announced the suspension of its activities in Yemen's Saada region, a Houthi stronghold, after the rebels detained multiple personnel there this year.

Middle East • 11 Feb

UN halts operations in Yemen Houthi stronghold

The United Nations announced the suspension of its activities in Yemen's Saada region, a Houthi stronghold, after the rebels detained multiple personnel there this year.

World • 11 Feb

Footage shows WHO chief at Yemeni airport during strike

Newly-released footage appears to show World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus running for safety at Yemen's Sana'a international airport as it was hit by Israeli strikes on Thursday.

Middle East • 28 Dec 24

Mr Tedros said an Israeli strike caused damage just metres away from where he and his UN delegation were waiting at the airport

WHO chief safe as Israeli strikes target Yemen airport

World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said he is safe after an Israeli strike targeted Sanaa airport in Yemen while he was about to board a flight.

Middle East • 27 Dec 24

Yemen's Houthi loyal fighters shout slogans as they participate in an armed-tribal gathering against Israel and its main allies

Israel to seek Houthis' listing as terrorists

Israel has instructed its diplomatic missions in Europe to try to get the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group in Yemen designated as a terrorist organisation.

Middle East • 24 Dec 24

A US military F/A-18 fighter jet seen taking off from the USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier during operations the Red Sea in March

Two US pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire'

Two US Navy pilots were shot down over the Red Sea earlier in "an apparent case of friendly fire," the US military said.

Middle East • 22 Dec 24

A Palestinian man inspects the damage on a rooftop of a house in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on 16 December

At least 10 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza refugee camp

Five people, including two children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza strip, medics have said.

Middle East • 21 Dec 24

Residents said the bombing had caused power outages in most parts of the port city of Hodeidah

Israeli strikes on Yemen's Houthis kill at least four

Israel launched strikes at Houthi targets in Yemen after the Houthi militants fired missiles at Israel over the past two days, marking a fresh exchange in another front of the regional conflict.

Middle East • 30 Sep 24

Tel Aviv police said a search revealed one man 'dead in his apartment,' bearing injuries caused by shrapnel

One dead in Tel Aviv drone strike claimed by Houthis

A drone claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels slipped through Israel's vaunted air defence system to hit a Tel Aviv building near a US embassy annex, killing one person.

Middle East • 19 Jul 24

Commercial ships and an Israeli naval vessel are seen in the port city of Haifa (File image)

Houthis claims two operations on ships at Haifa port

Yemen's Houthi group said it launched two joint military operations with the Iraqi Islamic Resistance against ships at Israel's Haifa port.

Middle East • 06 Jun 24

The Houthi-controlled television channel Al-Masirah said strikes had also targeted telecoms infrastructure in the town of Taez (File image)

US, UK air strikes hit several sites in Yemen

The United States and Britain have carried out air strikes on several sites in Yemen in what they said was a bid to degrade the ability of Houthi rebels to conduct attacks on maritime shipping.

World • 31 May 24