LiveLive Updates August 07, 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeAugust 07, 2026UpdatesYemen's Houthis say they struck Saudi-backed forces in MaribYemen's ⁠Houthis ‌said on Friday ‌that they struck Saudi-backed forces, ⁠depots, vehicles and military equipment ⁠at the Sahn al-Jinn camp with a number of missiles and drones.Yemen's state ‌television said earlier ‌on Friday that air defences shot down a number of drones launched by the Iran-aligned Houthis over Marib, east of Sanaa.A ship off the port of Aden, where traffic remained steady after the Iran-aligned Houthis said their forces had carried out missile and drone strikes on Saudi oil tankers, in Aden, Yemen in July. Credit: Stringer/ REUTERSA ship off the port of Aden, where traffic remained steady after the Iran-aligned Houthis said their forces had carried out missile and drone strikes on Saudi oil tankers, in Aden, Yemen in July. Credit: Stringer/ REUTERSYemen's state news ⁠agency SABA, citing local authorities in Marib, said ‌the Houthis ⁠had launched ‌ballistic missiles and drones at displacement camps and residential ⁠neighbourhoods in the city on Friday morning, killing two people and ‌wounding 14 others.Iraqi PM, Saudi intelligence chief discuss regional securityIraqi ⁠Prime ‌Minister Ali al-Zaidi ‌met Saudi General Intelligence Chief Khalid ⁠al-Humaidan on Friday to discuss ⁠coordination over regional security developments, the prime minister's office said.Zaidi said Iraq would ‌not allow its territory ‌to be used to launch actions or activities targeting any other country, reiterating Baghdad's commitment to protecting its sovereignty and preventing regional escalation, it added.The ⁠meeting came a day after a senior ‌Saudi official ⁠said the kingdom expected ‌imminent coordinated attacks by Iraqi militias from the north ⁠and Yemen's Houthis from the south, under the supervision of Iran's ‌Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.Colombian VP celebrates reinstatement of Colombia-Israel Free Trade AgreementColombian Vice President José Manuel Restrepo met with Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and celebrated the "beginning of a new dawn in relations between Colombia and Israel," which includes the reinstatement of the Colombia-Israel Free Trade Agreement.Restrepo highlighted the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the decision to move Colombia's embassy to Jerusalem.Colombian Vice President Jose Manuel Restrepo in July. Credit: Elizabeth Frantz/ REUTERSColombian Vice President Jose Manuel Restrepo in July. Credit: Elizabeth Frantz/ REUTERSOpinion | In Netanyahu's Israel, your ethnicity depends on how you voteIdentity politics has imploded. This week, right-wing media personality Yinon Magal said about opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot that "They're always bringing up Eisenkot's mother with her head covering and her Moroccan accent. With all due respect, his daughter got married on Shabbat evening not long ago, without a rabbi or chuppah.""Now I say, people are always bragging about their lineage," Magal continued. "With all due respect – and I say this to everyone – the test isn't who your parents are, but who your children are."Right-wing media personality Yinon Magal, last year. Credit: Screenshot from Channel 14's Youtube channelRight-wing media personality Yinon Magal, last year. Credit: Screenshot from Channel 14's Youtube channelAnd in truth? Twelve points for Magal, the James Watson of Bibi-ism. In Bibi-ist biology, genetics go in the opposite direction: The children determine the origin of the parents.Read the full articleIsrael's opposition parties are courting new immigrants with a new set of prioritiesWith Israel's pivotal October 27 election a scant few months away, the opposition parties are looking to tap into any constituencies that can help them wrest power from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. One of those communities is a diverse one whose needs and numbers continue to shift as antisemitism worsens worldwide and Israel's security situation gets even more unstable: immigrants.Over 200,000 olim – new immigrants who claimed citizenship through Israel's Law of Return – have come to the country in the past five years alone, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics. Last year, 22,122 decided to make Israel home, hailing mainly from Russia, the United States, France and Ukraine. While it's unknown how many have stayed, they can form a powerful constituency.A woman holding a sign in Russian reading "Ashdod is with Netanyahu." Now the opposition parties are targeting Russian-speaking immigrants from the last 15 years or so. Credit: Tomer AppelbaumA woman holding a sign in Russian reading "Ashdod is with Netanyahu." Now the opposition parties are targeting Russian-speaking immigrants from the last 15 years or so. Credit: Tomer AppelbaumThe opposition parties have taken notice and are striving to recruit these newcomers. The heads of these initiatives – most of whom are immigrants themselves and have done long stints or volunteer work in politics – are trying to understand what immigrants want from their parties. So far, the parties have noticed a trend: The demands of olim today aren't what they used to be.Read the full articleFour killed, dozens wounded in Houthi attacks in Yemen and Saudi ArabiaYemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militia launched a drone attack on pro-government forces on Friday, killing two personnel and wounding three others, military sources told dpa.The attack took place in the eastern province of Marib, one of the main strongholds of Yemen's internationally recognized government. Separately, Health Minister Qasim Buhaibeh said at least two civilians were killed and 14 others wounded in a Houthi attack on camps for displaced people in Marib.In a post on X, Buhaibeh accused the Houthis of targeting residential areas and displacement camps and called on the international community to take a "serious" stance to protect civilians in war-torn Yemen.Meanwhile, tensions between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis have escalated in recent weeks, with Saudi airstrikes targeting the Houthi-controlled capital Sana'a. Saudi Arabia supports the internationally recognized Yemeni government.The Houthis, for their part, have attacked several Saudi vessels or forced them to change course after announcing a naval blockade in the Red Sea.A Saudi-led military coalition said on Friday that 11 civilians were wounded in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia's southern Najran region the previous day.Police close probe into fatal West Bank shooting despite 'mistaken' killingKhaled Hassan's truck, as documented in footage released by the Gideonim unit. Credit: From the Facebook page of "Gideonim Unit 33"