On the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, the world's seven leading democracies spoke with one voice to Iran: the arming of Yemen's Houthis must end. The statement arrives as Houthi forces have seized the Bab al-Mandab Strait — a passage through which a significant share of global trade flows — displacing over 120,000 Yemenis and drawing Western militaries into an increasingly fraught calculus. What began as a regional civil war has become a test of whether the international order can protect the arteries of global commerce without deepening the very violence it seeks to contain.
G7 demands Iran halt Houthi arms supplies as Yemen conflict threatens global trade
At least six people killed in Saudi strikes on Mokha including two children and a woman; over 120,000 Yemenis displaced by fighting escalation.
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