Civilians among at least 60 killed in Yemen as ground fighting escalatesCivilians among at least 60 killed in Yemen as ground fighting escalates

Houthi rebel offensive against government forces on west coast leads to some of deadliest clashes in years Clashes between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces and the Iran-aligned Houthi rebel movement have killed more than 60 people, including civilians, as the Houthis pushed forward with a military offensive on Yemen’s western coast. ...

Captain calamity: Pete Hegseth under fire for ‘inept’ leadership of US militaryCaptain calamity: Pete Hegseth under fire for ‘inept’ leadership of US military

The US defense secretary faces internal dissent and discord at the Pentagon, accused of focusing on culture war issues and his own political ambitions as the Iran war drags on In a different Washington, under a different president, a return to the well-worn playbook of all-out sanctions to counter Iran ...

What does Met’s U-turn on John Galliano augur for him, the gala and Anna Wintour?What does Met’s U-turn on John Galliano augur for him, the gala and Anna Wintour?

NYC’s elite figures, led by Julie Menin, made Wintour blink, and the designer who in 2011 had gone on a drunken antisemitic rant, bowed out of industry’s biggest event Did Anna Wintour, Vogue’s long-serving fashion titan and ringmaster of the annual Met Gala, meet her match in Julie Menin, the ...

The US attorney general is fretting about a ‘pandemic’ of gender transitions in schools | Arwa MahdawiThe US attorney general is fretting about a ‘pandemic’ of gender transitions in schools | Arwa Mahdawi

Todd Blanche’s remarks are part of a totally-not-invented moral panic that stretches the limits of the imagination Being a public school teacher in the US these days is tough. You’ve got to pay for a lot of your own supplies, deal with smartphone-addicted children, and perform gender reassignment surgeries in ...