IOM: Yemen Displacement Tops 76,000 as Fighting Intensifies

The Iran-backed Houthi forces have taken control over most of the western Red Sea coastal line

Displacement in Yemen Alarmingly Surges Past 46,000 Amid Escalating Fighting, IOM Chief

The Iran-backed Houthis are also reported to have seized Perim - a strategic island on the major shipping route.

IOM: Yemen Displacement Tops 76,000 as Fighting Intensifies

Government forces and Saudi Arabia carry out air attacks to stop Houthis' advance as thousands displaced by conflict.

A look back at some of the week's key news stories and the most striking images, from commemorations marking 25 years since the 9/11 attacks to the breakthrough win for Germany's far-right AfD party and the lightening offensive that has left Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels in control of the country's Red Sea coast.

Iran-allied Houthis say drones and missiles used in attack that targeted ‘weapons depots and command and control centres’ in southern Saudi Arabia Houthi fighters have said they used drones and missiles to attack a military base in southern Saudi Arabia, as Yemen’s Riyadh-backed government described the rebels’ swift a...

The conflict in Yemen intensified on Sunday, as government forces launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fired into neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s government. The Yemeni government vowed to send more forces to the Red Sea coast and one official conceded a “pai...