U.S. officials held a private meeting with the Houthis at the U.S. Embassy in Muscat, Oman, just days after the group captured key Red Sea ports and islands, according to Reuters. The meeting reportedly aimed to de-escalate tensions.
Ed Sheeran's concert in Philadelphia is set to go ahead on Saturday despite multiple opening acts withdrawing and Palestinian advocacy groups calling for a boycott over Israel's actions in Gaza.
Saudi Arabia issued its first air raid alerts in Riyadh since the Houthis increased their attacks in July, according to BBC. The alerts followed reported explosions in the capital.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated he will 'change the face of the Middle East' during his Likud party’s election campaign kickoff. Israelis, however, have shown skepticism with protests outside parliament.
The US government has granted visas to Iranian officials to attend the UN General Assembly in New York, as the war between the two countries enters its seventh month, according to the BBC.
UN human rights experts say there are reasonable grounds to believe the US committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran that killed at least 177 civilians, according to a report by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran.
The Yemeni island of Perim, a key location in the Strait of Bab al-Mandab, is now a focal point in the widening conflict between Iran and the US, according to CNN. The Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, have launched an offensive to gain control of the island.
At least 20 people, including five children, have been killed and dozens are missing after a war-damaged building collapsed in the Gaza Strip, according to rescue teams. The six-story structure in the Tal al-Hawa area of Gaza City had been inhabited by 10 families despite warnings.
A 15-year-old boy and a paramedic were killed in an apparent Israeli double-tap strike in Gaza, according to Al Jazeera.
The Trump administration is preparing to sell Israel a $2.8bn package of 907kg bombs, the largest single sale of the munition in recent years, according to reports by the Washington Post and AFP.
A multi-storey residential building in western Gaza City collapsed overnight, trapping six families, according to local witnesses and Palestinian journalists.
Two sailors are missing and 23 others have been rescued after an attack on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Oman.
At least 11 people have been injured in an ammonia gas leak in Jordan’s Aqaba industrial complex, according to local media.
Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar has said he will move to revoke the citizenship of filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor after their documentary on Israel’s genocide in Gaza, NAZA, won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, according to Al Jazeera.
The Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured the Red Sea port of Mokha and advanced toward the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, raising concerns over global shipping and regional stability, according to multiple sources.