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Israel's two-front war
The New Statesman· 4 days agoWhen it comes to a defensive war, the issue is whether the costs prevented will be greater than those incurred. It is the Iran factor that turns a...
Human rights in Saudi Arabia
Amnesty International· 4 days agoHuman rights defenders continued to be arbitrarily detained or subject to travel bans following their conditional release from prison. Courts handed down...
Giant Oil Tankers Find New Business After Houthi Ship Attacks
Bloomberg· 5 days agoSome of the world’s biggest oil-hauling supertankers are instead loading up vast volumes of diesel...
Israel reportedly kills senior Hezbollah commander in drone strike – as it happened
The Guardian· 5 days agoReuters is reporting that security sources have told it that a senior field commander in Lebanese...
Hapag-Lloyd CEO sees solid shipping demand driving up freight rates
Reuters· 5 days agoAttacks on vessels by Yemen-based Houthi militants have led shipping firms to avoid the Red Sea that...
No room for complacency – vote to reject the politics of austerity and hate
Morning Star· 5 days agoFrom 2010 onwards — with the Liberal Democrats entirely complicit up to 2015 — this was not just a government shaping what TUC general secretary...
Yemen's Houthis and Aden government agree on release of Islah party member Mohammed Qahtan
Reuters· 5 days agoYemen's Iran-aligned Houthis will release Mohammed Qahtan, a member of the Islah party, under a deal reached with the Saudi-backed government in Aden, the head of the Houthi ...
Can a Hezbollah-Israel war trigger civil strife in Lebanon?
Al Jazeera· 5 days agoHezbollah’s effort to contain – as opposed to ending – its low-level conflict with Israel is drawing...
Abandoned tanker Lavant has likely sunk off Yemen, sources say
Reuters· 5 days agoAn abandoned tanker that was drifting off Yemen's coast in June has disappeared and is believed to have sunk, three navy and security sources said, the latest vessel lost ...
Houthi explosive drone boat attacks escalate Red Sea danger
Reuters· 5 days agoYemen's Houthis are sending drone boats packed with explosives into the Red Sea as they intensify their attacks on merchant ships that have little defence against the "sophisticated ...