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US Military Says Four Houthi Drones Destroyed in Past 24 Hours

A screen grab taken from a video released by the Houthis media center shows drones flying during a Houthi military exercise at a remote area on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen, 06 July 2024. EPA/HOUTHIS MEDIA CENTER HANDOUT
A screen grab taken from a video released by the Houthis media center shows drones flying during a Houthi military exercise at a remote area on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen, 06 July 2024. EPA/HOUTHIS MEDIA CENTER HANDOUT
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US Military Says Four Houthi Drones Destroyed in Past 24 Hours

A screen grab taken from a video released by the Houthis media center shows drones flying during a Houthi military exercise at a remote area on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen, 06 July 2024. EPA/HOUTHIS MEDIA CENTER HANDOUT
A screen grab taken from a video released by the Houthis media center shows drones flying during a Houthi military exercise at a remote area on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen, 06 July 2024. EPA/HOUTHIS MEDIA CENTER HANDOUT

The US military's Central Command said in a statement on Sunday that in the past 24 hours its forces destroyed two Houthi drones in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen while partner forces destroyed two Houthi drones over the Gulf of Aden, reported Reuters.
"It was determined these systems presented an imminent threat to US, coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions were taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for US, coalition, and merchant vessels," the statement read.

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Israel Is Ramping up Annexation of West Bank, UN Rights Chief Says 

Israeli army vehicles block a road during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 14 March 2025. (EPA)
Israeli army vehicles block a road during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 14 March 2025. (EPA)
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Israel Is Ramping up Annexation of West Bank, UN Rights Chief Says 

Israeli army vehicles block a road during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 14 March 2025. (EPA)
Israeli army vehicles block a road during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 14 March 2025. (EPA)

Israel has significantly expanded and consolidated settlements in the occupied West Bank as part of the steady integration of these territories into the State of Israel, in breach of international law, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday.

The report to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council later this month comes amid growing fears of annexation amid US policy shifts under President Donald Trump and new settler outposts in areas of the West Bank seen as part of a future Palestinian state.

"The transfer by Israel of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies amounts to a war crime," UN High Commissioner Volker Turk said in a statement accompanying the report, urging the international community to take meaningful action on Israel’s advancing settlement.

"Israel must immediately and completely cease all settlement activities and evacuate all settlers, stop the forcible transfer of the Palestinian population, and prevent and punish attacks by its security forces and settlers," he said.

Israel disengaged from the UN Human Rights Council earlier this year, alleging a chronic anti-Israeli bias. Its military says it is conducting counter-terrorism operations in the West Bank and targeting suspected militants.