POLICY DAILYGovernment And Political News
September 12, 2026
Saudi Arabia launches two airstrikes on Mocha airport: Houthi media

Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia launched two airstrikes on Friday targeting the airport of the strategic city of Mocha, now under Houthi control, according to the Iran-backed group's Al-Masirah TV channel. read more
  Russia threatens to point nukes at Lithuania if it hosts allies' weapons
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Russia said on Friday it would aim its nuclear warheads at Lithuania if the Baltic state hosted any weapons from the nuclear arsenals of its NATO allies on its territory. more
Fenced off: Thailand builds border wall after Cambodia clashes
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
A concrete fence topped with looping barbed wire runs for a kilometre along the Thai-Cambodia border, punctuated only by marker stones erected during French colonial times. more
Saudi says drones launched from Iraq hit oil pipeline
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia on Friday said drones launched from Iraq hit the East-West pipeline and led to its closure. more
Yemen's Houthis complete takeover of Bab al-Mandab area: govt official to AFP
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's Houthis seized on Friday a key Red Sea island in the middle of the Bab al-Mandab strait, completing a push to take control of a waterway crucial to Saudi oil exports, a local government official and eyewitnesses ... more
Sentences for Hong Kong Tiananmen activists must be quashed: UN
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
The United Nations on Friday called for the annulment of lengthy jail sentences handed down in Hong Kong to three Tiananmen vigil activists under a national security law. more
Get AI models 'under control', EU tells tech firms after hacks
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Top tech firms need to get their powerful artificial intelligence models "under control", the European Union warned Friday after a series of hacks by AI agents. more
  Six missiles hit Yemen's Red Sea Mocha port: local official
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Six missiles struck the port on Friday in Yemen's strategic Red Sea city of Mocha, now under Houthi control, a local official told AFP, without specifying where they came from. more
Anthropic says Yemen fighters used AI to seek guided weapons
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
A group in Yemen attempted to use Anthropic's Claude chatbot to build guided rockets and missiles, the US firm has revealed, as Iran-backed Houthi rebels are on the offensive in the country. more
 
Yemen's Houthis take over strait vital to global shipping
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis seized a strategic Red Sea island on Friday after capturing territory along the coast, sealing their takeover of a vital shipping corridor linking Europe and Asia. more
Iran says to discuss Hormuz with Gulf states in Oman on Monday
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's foreign ministry said the country would meet with Gulf states in Oman on Monday to discuss the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which the Islamic republic has blockaded during the Middle East war. more
  North Korea fires projectile toward sea: Yonhap
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. more
Israel says ready for more strikes on Hezbollah after tunnel detonation
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Israel said Friday that it was prepared for more strikes on Hezbollah after demolishing tunnels built by the Iran-backed group in southern Lebanon with a massive explosion. more
 
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