South Korea blames Pyongyang for September landmine blast, but North Korea says incident a ‘sinister obstructive move’.
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Without a quick deal to move fertiliser through the strait, agricultural productivity would ‘significantly drop’.
Medical services in Taiz risk shutting down as fuel, medicines and supplies run alarmingly low under Houthi blockade.
The WHO says the lack of a confirmed diagnosis remains a key uncertainty, with no sign of ongoing transmission.
The sanctions targeting the ICC, which prosecutes humanitarian crimes, are the latest move by the US against the court.
Fighting is intensifying between Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebel group.
Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s internationally recognised gov’t urge UN Security Council action amid Houthi escalation.
South African jurist Navanethem Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote peace.
The 85-year-old South African judge has spent decades fighting apartheid and genocide.
Pillay, 85, has been instrumental in ensuring war crimes and genocide are prosecuted, Nobel committee says.
Russia and China block US efforts to expand the Darfur arms embargo to cover all of Sudan amid ongoing conflict.
