US military targets Houthi antiship cruise missiles in preemptive strikes

Military says targets presented ‘imminent threat’ as missiles were ‘prepared to launch towards the Red Sea’. The United States military says it conducted four “self-defence” strikes against the Houthis, destroying seven antiship cruise missiles, a mobile ballistic missile launcher and a drone originating from areas of Yemen controlled by the Iran-aligned group. The military’s Central Command…

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Hezbollah chief says only Gaza ceasefire will end Lebanon border attacks

Cross-border shelling into Israel will only end when Israel’s ‘aggression’ on Gaza stops, Hassan Nasrallah says. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has said that his armed group’s cross-border shelling into Israel would only end when Israel’s “aggression” on the Gaza Strip stops, saying diplomatic efforts so far to bring a halt to hostilities along Lebanon’s border…

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Sierra Leone’s uneasy quiet after the Freetown insurrection exposes underlying tension

The assaults on Sunday occurred as a deep-seated sense of animosity among Sierra Leoneans feeling the pinch of a faltering economy. Freetown is gradually becoming more peaceful after shooting over the weekend sent the nation’s capital into a state of terror. Early on Sunday morning, gunfire broke out as armed individuals stormed Wilberforce Barracks, the…

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