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US Sanctions against Houthis over Red Sea Attacks Take Effect

Armed men stand in front of a fluttering Yemeni flag, at a street in Sanaa, Yemen, 15 February 2024. (EPA)
Armed men stand in front of a fluttering Yemeni flag, at a street in Sanaa, Yemen, 15 February 2024. (EPA)
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US Sanctions against Houthis over Red Sea Attacks Take Effect

Armed men stand in front of a fluttering Yemeni flag, at a street in Sanaa, Yemen, 15 February 2024. (EPA)
Armed men stand in front of a fluttering Yemeni flag, at a street in Sanaa, Yemen, 15 February 2024. (EPA)

US "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" sanctions against the Iran-backed Houthi militias for their ties to attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea took effect on Friday, the US Department of Treasury said in a statement on its website.

The US government last month said it was returning the Yemen-based militias to the global list of terrorist groups in an effort to stem attacks on international shipping.

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UN Says Israel’s Blockade of Gaza Causes Shortage of Maternal Health Supplies

Palestinian children wave white flags during an anti-Hamas protest, calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2025. (AFP)
Palestinian children wave white flags during an anti-Hamas protest, calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2025. (AFP)
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UN Says Israel’s Blockade of Gaza Causes Shortage of Maternal Health Supplies

Palestinian children wave white flags during an anti-Hamas protest, calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2025. (AFP)
Palestinian children wave white flags during an anti-Hamas protest, calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2025. (AFP)

The United Nations Population Fund said Israel’s ongoing aid blockade into Gaza is creating a critical shortage of maternal health supplies.

They include much needed drugs for pregnancy and to prevent deaths and complications during childbirth.

Since the beginning of the month, Israel has cut off the entry of all food and other goods into Gaza, and last week resumed bombardment as it tries to pressure Hamas to accept its demands to extend the January ceasefire.

UNFPA said its supplies are languishing at the border, including more than 50 ultrasounds to monitor fetal health, nine incubators and 350 midwifery kits to help during deliveries, impacting more than 15,000 women.

The group said pregnant women and newborns in Gaza are facing higher than normal rates of complications, driven by widespread malnutrition, which is being compounded by the aid blockade.

Since the blockade around 520 babies — one in five —have required advanced medical care that is increasingly scarce, it said.