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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu  (right) and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. Photo: Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO)/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Is Trump decoupling from Netanyahu?

Ramaphosa’s Washington DC visit, the US deal with the Houthis and its lifting sanctions against Syria suggests he is

The Red Sea and the Suez Canal serve as the fastest maritime route between Asia and Europe. Photo: Dawson/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Red Sea on fire: US bombs Yemen as Houthis target Israeli-linked ships

The United States is planning to increase its military presence in the Middle East

A Yemeni child holds a placard during a demonstration outside the Sanaa airport on January 5 2019, following the arrival of United Nations envoy to Yemen. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images)

‘This is how we welcomed 2019’: Civilians killed in Houthi attack

A woman and a child killed and 16 others wounded after Yemeni rebels shell a residential neighbourhood in besieged Taiz

Houthi fighters react after Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed.

War, famine and failed talks in Yemen

​Ali Abdullah Saleh’s death comes amid an intensified conflict between the Iran-aligned armed group and pro-Saleh forces in the ongoing war in Yemen

The Machiavellian Prince: Welcome to Salman Arabia

Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is not only fighting a major war and purging detractors — he is also curtailing the religious establishment’s influence.

We danced that night: Funiwe with photographs of her with her late twin sister Funeka at their matric ball in 2008.

Yemen capital falls into rebel hands

The Houthi seemingly captured Sana’a this week, evoking condemnation from the United Nations.

Houthi rebel fighters. (Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)

Rebels welcome government’s concessions, but still hold Yemeni president ‘prisoner’

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi remains a virtual prisoner in his residence until authorities commit to implementing the agreement.