War

Food costs have risen nearly tenfold since fighting began, while 19.5 million people face crisis levels of acute food insecurity.

A renewed Houthi siege has disrupted access to food, fuel and humanitarian supplies in Yemen’s Taiz, where more than 600,000 people depend on aid.

IndiGo, Air India Express, Air India and Akasa Air announced cancellation of services.

Yemen’s government says its military operation against the Houthis is advancing with Saudi support, as fighting intensifies near Taiz and strikes target Sanaa and Saudi Arabia.

CBSE will hold Class 12 exams in seven West Asian countries from October 23-28 for students dissatisfied with results under the special assessment scheme.

The vessel, owned by a Turkish company, was carrying corn from Ukraine’s Izmail port to Ravenna in Italy when it was struck in the Black Sea on Monday.

Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said airport operations had been suspended.

Lebanon welcomed Trump's decision to lift a decades-old US flight ban, while Houthi attacks damaged three planes in Riyadh and a drone strike killed at least 40 in Sudan.

Yemen’s internationally recognised government says its forces struck Houthi-controlled Sanaa and Saada after the rebel group claimed an attack on Aramco facilities in Riyadh.

The collapse of a fragile peace deal comes amid rising tensions with Eritrea, disputes over Red Sea access and conflicts across the Horn of Africa.

Sudan’s war has displaced millions, deepened hunger, disrupted education and healthcare, and left children facing violence, disease and uncertain futures.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham told reporters that the Royal Air Force (RAF) will provide air-to-air refuelling of Saudi planes.

After nearly three years away from classrooms, children in Gaza are returning to makeshift schools amid shortages of basic supplies, damaged buildings and continuing displacement.