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Saudi Arabia may recover territory along Yemen’s coast without ending the threat to its own cities. Ansar Allah retains control of major population centres and the ability to strike Saudi infrastructure. As fighting intensifies around Mocha and Bab al Mandeb, Riyadh faces a strategic dilemma: military victories may strengthen its position without delivering lasting security.
Economics
Britain has chosen AI, quantum technology, clean energy, life sciences and advanced manufacturing as engines of future growth. But the Government admits official statistics cannot properly measure several of them. As ministers pour money…
For decades, no known eukaryote had been shown reproducing above 60°C. Then scientists found a microscopic amoeba in California that divides at 63°C and…
Saudi Arabia
The House of Saud built a durable state over older tribal, religious and regional loyalties. Could Yemen change the bargains that have held the kingdom together?
Houthi forces have seized Mayun Island at the entrance to the Red Sea as drone attacks shut Saudi Arabia’s East–West pipeline, threatening the kingdom’s…
Middle East
Ansar Allah’s advance to Bab el Mandeb has placed Yemen once again at the centre of a struggle over global trade, regional power and foreign intervention. The road to the Red Sea runs through…
China and Nepal are working across their shattered Himalayan frontier as rescuers search for the missing, monitor unstable lakes and begin the immense task…
China
Washington’s attempt to tighten the economic isolation of Iran faces a fundamental obstacle: China, the dominant buyer of Iranian oil. Beijing is warning against expanded US secondary sanctions, raising questions about international law, American…
Europe’s drought is damaging crops, draining rivers and constraining power generation just as the Iran war disrupts oil and fertiliser supplies through Hormuz. Saudi…