Yemen's Houthi rebels are advancing along the southern Red Sea coast, targeting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in a campaign that mirrors Iran's strategy of threatening to blockade the Strait of Hormuz.
The offensive includes the capture of a Red Sea port city, with coastal towns and islands in the strategic waterway listed as next military objectives. Control of Bab el-Mandeb would give the Houthis significant leverage over one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, through which a large share of global trade passes.
Spanish and Moroccan authorities received advance intelligence warning of a planned mass migrant crossing at Ceuta, declassified documents reveal.
Intelligence services were alerted to social media calls for the surge the day before tens of thousands of people entered the Spanish enclave. The documents indicate both governments had prior knowledge but the crossing proceeded at scale regardless.
The disclosure raises questions about the coordination of the response to one of the largest single migration events at Europe's borders.
🏛 Fourteen Men on Trial Over 2019 Channel Disaster That Killed 31
Fourteen defendants have gone on trial in Paris on charges including involuntary homicide over the sinking of an inflatable dinghy in the English Channel that killed 31 migrants — the deadliest small-boat crossing disaster on record.
The vessel was bound for the UK when it sank approximately five years ago. The trial marks a significant moment of legal accountability for the people-smuggling networks that organise such crossings.
🇺🇸 Trump Plan Would Rewrite Census Rules and Voting Maps
The Trump administration is proposing sweeping changes to the U.S. census that would stop collecting data on race and exclude millions of residents from the population count used to draw congressional districts.
The proposals would alter how the 14th Amendment's requirement to count the "whole number of persons in each state" is applied in practice. Excluding non-citizen residents from apportionment counts would shift political representation away from states with large immigrant populations toward those with fewer non-citizens, fundamentally reshaping the balance of power in the House of Representatives.
🌍 North Korea Builds New Nuclear Enrichment Facility at Yongbyon
North Korea has constructed a new uranium enrichment facility at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed.
The new facility could house up to 28 centrifuge cascades. Pyongyang has also begun operating an expanded annex at its Kangson enrichment site. The IAEA said the expansion of North Korea's weapons-grade nuclear material production is "deeply concerning."