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Protesters demonstrate against poor economic conditions in Tehran, Iran, on December 29, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Protests in Iran, Saudi-UAE feud escalates in Yemen, Peruvian shamans deliver their top risks

​US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands at the Mar-a-Lago club, in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, on December 28, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Mar-a-Lago diplomacy, Saudi reportedly hits UAE-backed group in Yemen, Another Thai-Cambodian ceasefire under threat

Pro-democracy protesters carry portraits of North Yemen's late president Ibrahim al-Hamdi.
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What We’re Watching: Yemeni ministers back rebel group, US surveillance planes fly over Nigeria, Myanmar to hold elections amid civil war

In the latest twist to Yemen’s decade-long civil war, a group of government ministers declared support for the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), a rebel group that broke the war’s deadlock earlier this month by seizing control of the oil-rich Handramout region.

The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington, U.S., March 3, 2022, more than a week after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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What We’re Watching: Suspected US intel leaks, peace talks for Yemen, Lula talks trade with Xi

A murky document mystery; Will peace finally come to Yemen?; Lula to talk trade in China

Houthi supporters rally in Sana'a to mark the 8th anniversary of the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen.
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Hard Numbers: Yemen peace talks, Ukrainian drone challenge, UAE snubs South Africa, Spanish paleo tripping

Saudi officials on Sunday met with reps of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Omani mediators in Yemen.

​A Somali refugee girl carries her sibling in the Hagadera refugee camp near the Kenya-Somalia border, in Garissa County, Kenya, January 17, 2023.
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Hard Numbers: Somalia’s deadly drought, Yemen prisoner swap, North Korean war games, a happier world?

Somalia’s longest-recorded drought claimed 43,000 lives last year, with up to 34,000 more deaths projected in the first half of 2023, according to a new WHO report.

Stories we overlooked in 2022
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Stories we overlooked in 2022

A handful of stories – the war in Ukraine, China’s zero-COVID policy, and US elections – have dominated much of the media coverage this year. Meanwhile, many other crucial global stories have been woefully undercovered. We take a look at four of them.

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng attend the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Britain
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What We’re Watching: UK PM's budget U-turn, OPEC mulls production cut, Yemen truce expires

What We’re Watching: US kills Al-Qaida leader, Pelosi's Taiwan pit stop, Yemen holds its breath, tensions rise between Kosovo and Serbs
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What We’re Watching: US kills Al-Qaida leader, Pelosi's Taiwan pit stop, Yemen holds its breath, tensions rise between Kosovo and Serbs

Four big stories we're keeping an eye on today: Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri killed in Kabul, Pelosi's impending trip to Taiwan, Yemen's truce set to expire, flareup in Kosovo.

Crow on the menu during Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia
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Crow on the menu during Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia

The US president is hopping on a jet to Riyadh with a few key issues in mind.