US secretary of state to fly to Cairo after meeting Saudi crown prince as UN reports increase in Israeli strikes on southern former ‘safe’ city of Rafah US-backed Kurdish fighters killed in drone strike on US base in SyriaFrench diplomat to review UNRWA after claims of staff role in Hamas attackYemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have said they fired naval missiles at two ships, Star Nasia and Morning Tide, in the Red Sea, Reuters reports.According the news agency, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised speech that the ships targeted were US and British flagged. Continue reading…
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Middle East crisis live: Blinken heads to Egypt in effort to seek ‘enduring end’ to Israel-Gaza war
