Tensions rise as Yemen launches a missile at Israel after weeks of calm, while Houthi leadership signals readiness to join the Iran-linked conflict if escalation continues.
Saudi Arabia launched military strikes on the Yemeni port city of Mukalla, alleging a shipment of weapons meant for a separatist force there had arrived from the United Arab Emirates.
The IDF said that the strikes on Sanaa were in response to the Houthi drone attack on Eilat, a Red Sea port city in southern Israel, that wounded 20 people.
The Houthis in Yemen have confirmed that their Prime Minister Ghalib al-Rahawi and a number of his ministers were eliminated during an Israeli airstrike on Thursday.
The Israeli military said that it intercepted a drone launched from Yemen.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Attorney General of India, seeking the Government of India's response to the petition filed by 37-year-old Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who is facing death sentence for murder in Yemen and scheduled to be executed on July 16.
Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who was awarded the death penalty in Yemen for the alleged murder of a Yemeni national, is scheduled to be executed on July 16, according to reports.
Yemen's Houthis, in a statement on Sunday, claimed responsibility for launching missile attacks towards Israel in the past 24 hours.
The Union Government has finally yielded to the demands of various pressure groups for conducting a caste census side by side with the next normal census operation (2021) as and when it is held.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate against Houthi forces in Yemen and their ally, Iran, after a missile launched by the group struck Israel's international airport.
