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Yemen displacement surges past 200,000 following fresh Houthi offensive, UN migration body warns

"People are running for their lives and finding nowhere safe to go," said IOM Director General Amy Pope, who called for more funding amid rising needs for food and shelter.

An internally displaced Yemeni boy carries sticks of firewood on his head at a makeshift camp for the internally displaced who fled their homes due to renewed clashes between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the Houthi authorities in the northern Hajjah governorate on October 7, 2026.
Yaakov (Yaki) Hetz, a decorated veteran of the battle for Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill and an Israel Defense Prize laureate, pictured at the Ammunition Hill memorial.

Ammunition Hill hero and defense innovator Yaki Hetz passes away at age 80

Burnt car remains near the Gaza border, after October 7, 2023

Three years after October 7: How crisis rewired Israel’s defense tech ecosystem - analysis

 Russian military drones fly during military drills of the joint troops of the Collective Security Treaty Organization CSTO at Chebarkul polygon, on October 2, 2026 in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.

Russia preparing 'massive attack' against Ukraine, Zelensky warns as he urges partner support


Poland blames sabotage for fire at Starlink station providing Ukraine military with internet

"While everything is operational today, we must recognize - as Prime Minister Tusk recently noted - that this is an element of hybrid warfare," said Deputy PM Gawkowski.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 10-54 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 12, 2026.

More Yemenis expected to flee from upsurge in fighting, UN says

A UNHCR response plan for Yemen was less than 20% funded before the renewed violence caused a surge in needs, a statement said.

Internally displaced people (IDPs) are seen outside their tent at Al-Farsi displacement camp in Ras Imran on the outskirts of Al-Buraiqah district in southwest Aden in southern Yemen on September 17, 2026.

At least three killed in Pakistani airstrike on Afghanistan - report

The incident comes two days after a police facility in Pakistan was attacked and threatens to reignite fighting between the countries, which engaged in one of their worst conflicts this year.

Aftermath of an air strike in Kabul Wednesday, 18th March 2026

Moscow summons British envoy over weapons supplies to Ukraine

Also on Friday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Poland has joined an anti-ballistic missile coalition with Ukraine and other allies.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham interacts with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, during their visit to Portsmouth Naval Base to meet UK and Ukrainian troops, July 27, 2026.

Israel’s next strategic surprise may not be a war - opinion

Israel’s next strategic surprise could be a dangerous political transformation in a neighboring country, a technological or military development we have failed to anticipate, or something different.

 IDF soldiers are seen working as part of the Israeli military's Gaza battlefield intelligence collection unit.

Could Israel’s next generation of wheelchair athletes emerge from the wounded of war?

Perhaps, in time, more newly disabled Israelis will discover wheelchair sports. Some may go on to attain great heights in the competitive sports world.

ISRAELI WHEELCHAIR tennis players like Guy Sasson represent a growing community of athletes who have found a path to competition, rehabilitation and sport.

Houthi Red Sea advance, drone strikes leave Saudi Arabia isolated in major conflict - analysis

Houthi Red Sea offensive leaves Riyadh isolated

Iran-aligned Houthi fighters occupy a firing position in a screengrab from a video said to show Houthi fighters attacking Saudi-backed forces in the location given by the source as al Jawf governorate, Yemen.

'A modern-day miracle': US airman shot down over Iran recounts survival, rescue on 60 Minutes

"It was perfectly clear to me that we'd been hit because of the violence of that impact... The best way I've been able to describe that moment was: getting hit by a freight train," said 'Bravo.'

The US Airforce crewmember, callsign ''Bravo,'' in a '60 Minutes' interview.

Rosh Hashanah 2026: Israel’s 78-year miracle was never supposed to happen - opinion

In May 1948, a battered remnant of a people declared a state on a sliver of land no one else wanted. Five regular armies crossed its borders within hours. Twenty more governments wished it were gone.

 A FLAG march takes place through the Old City on Jerusalem Day, in May. Israel will become a bi-national state and its Jewish expressions, including the national flag, will lose their status and their meaning, the writer warns.

AI, jets, drones: IAI chairman Boaz Levy describes future battlefield, air force - interview

Levy said that he expects the future of air dominance to involve more satellites, AI, robots, and missiles, with fewer clear boundaries between the front and the rear.

An IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries) sign at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre, in Singapore, February 3, 2026.