Kartik Aaryan’s upcoming action drama “Captain India” is set amid the Houthi conflict in Yemen, Variety understands. The film marks Aaryan’s first turn as a pilot. Shimit Amin directs the project, which is based on a real humanitarian evacuation. Aaryan’s character leads the rescue effort. That conflict is central to the story and adds a
Monday’s attack in Shabwa is one of the deadliest reported since the start of the escalation. Shabwa province’s media office said in a statement that ballistic missiles struck the Martyr Ahmed al-Sulaimani Training Centre, where recruits from several provinces were undergoing training to be members of the internal security forces. According to a preliminary assessment,
After oil tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz rose to post-February highs last month, a new “October window of escalation” is heating up as the Yemeni Houthis dramatically increase their attacks on Saudi Arabia and Iran is again taking aim at more tankers and shipping containers, geopolitical and energy analysts said. The U.S. response
A correspondent for AFP news agency reported that queues formed at petrol stations in Sanaa on Tuesday afternoon following the coalition’s warning of an impending operation against the al-Sabaha oil facility, with many residents worried about shortages. The Yemen Petroleum Company, which is run by the Houthis, issued a statement that sought to reassure them,
UNITED NATIONS — Yemen’s internationally recognized government pressed world leaders anew Thursday for help defeating the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, saying that their new perch along one of the world’s busiest waterways presents an international economic risk. The Houthis — who have controlled Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and much of the country’s north for over a decade
Iran must “end its arming of and support” for the Houthis in Yemen, the foreign ministers of G7 nations have said in a joint statement. The G7 also condemned “in the strongest terms” Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, adding that the recent escalation in fighting against Saudi-backed forces in Yemen represented a threat to regional
