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Houthi leader says no attack will go unanswered, as reports swirl of impending US-UK strike on rebel group.

ION correspondentJanuary 12, 2024January 12, 2024

Abdul Malik Al-Houthi gives a video statement on January 11, 2024. (Screen capture/X.) As reports swirl of a joint US-UK strike against the Houthis in the coming hours, the...

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US, UK strike Houthis in Yemen in first such response to Red Sea shipping disruptions.

Deepak BoraJanuary 12, 2024January 12, 2024

An alleged US-UK strike on Houthi rebel sites in Yemen on January 12, 2024. (Screen capture/X.) The United States and Britain have started carrying out strikes against targets linked...

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Ecuador president says country is at war with drug gangs.

ION correspondentJanuary 12, 2024January 12, 2024

Ecuador President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday named 22 gangs as terrorist organizations, making them official military targets. Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said on Wednesday his country was “at war”...

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Streets deserted as Ecuador Govt. Declares War on Drug Cartels, Other Gangs.

Deepak BoraJanuary 11, 2024January 11, 2024

Armed men interrupt live broadcast and threaten presenter inside TV station. Soldiers are on the streets in several cities in Ecuador as the country reels from an unprecedented day...

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UN Security Council okays resolution demanding immediate end to Houthi attacks in Red Sea.

Deepak BoraJanuary 11, 2024January 11, 2024

This photo released by the Houthi Media Center shows Houthi forces boarding the cargo ship Galaxy Leader on November 19, 2023. Yemen’s Houthis have seized the ship in the...

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US and UK hint at military action after largest Houthi attack in Red Sea.

ION correspondentJanuary 11, 2024January 11, 2024

The UK’s Ministry of Defence shared images of the HMS Diamond deploying Sea Viper missiles and guns. The US and UK have hinted they could take military action against...

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Somalia conflict; UN helicopter and passengers seized by al-Shabab.

Deepak BoraJanuary 11, 2024January 11, 2024

Al-Shabab has been waging an insurgency in Somalia for almost two decades. The Somali armed Islamist group al-Shabab has seized a United Nations helicopter, along with about eight people,...

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Swedish alarm after defence chiefs’ war warning.

Deepak BoraJanuary 11, 2024January 11, 2024

Gen Micael Byden said Swedes on an individual level had to prepare themselves mentally. A warning to Swedes from two top defence officials to prepare for war has prompted...

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IDF confirms it targeted Hezbollah drone chief in south Lebanon, releases clip of strike.

ION correspondentJanuary 10, 2024January 10, 2024

In an evening press conference, IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari confirms the military targeted Ali Hussein Burji, a senior Hezbollah commander responsible for dozens of drone attacks on...

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Blinken in Israel; October 7 can never happen again, war’s toll on Gazans ‘too high.

Deepak BoraJanuary 10, 2024January 10, 2024

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, Tuesday, Jan. 9,...