Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have entered Yemen’s strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, several residents said Thursday, which could bring them closer to targeting shipping through a critical waterway to the Red Sea.

The escalation of the conflict between the Houthis, Yemen's government and Saudi Arabia has contributed to a surge in oil prices. Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed and thousands displaced since the Houthis launched an offensive in the south-west a week ago.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group on Thursday took over Yemen’s port city of Mokha, an area vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea, Houthi and Yemeni officials said. Mokha is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait,

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have entered Yemen's strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, which could bring them closer to targeting shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The claims on Thursday

The activists were sentenced to about 5 to 7 years in prison in a case widely seen as a barometer of the city's eroding freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.

Hong Kong court sentences three Tiananmen vigil organizers to prison under the national security law, with Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung each getting seven-year terms (Chow 7 years and 3 months) and Albert Ho five years two months after pleading guilty.

Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho are three prominent Hong Kong activists who led the group behind the city’s massive annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho were given lengthy prison sentences under a national security law imposed on the city by Beijing.

Dagen McDowell and Brian Brenberg highlight escalating U.S.-Iran tensions. President Donald Trump warns Tehran not to 'get cute' following reports of movement at a secret nuclear site and a strike on a U.

President Donald ⁠Trump ⁠said he did not ⁠regret going to war against Iran despite the impact ​the conflict may have on the November U.S. midterm elections. "I don't believe in the ‌word 'regret.' You can always ‌question yourself a little bit,

"I think the war is going to end immediately after the election," Trump said on Sept. 9, as he prepared to depart for the GOP's midterm convention.

Top White ⁠House ⁠advisers, including Vice ⁠President JD Vance and Secretary ​of State Marco Rubio, have privately warned ‌President Donald Trump that ‌the conflict with Iran could ⁠extend ⁠through the remainder of his presidency,

Oil landed just short of $109 a barrel late Thursday afternoon, some $8 higher over yesterday as markets see the intractability of the US-Israel war with Iran — given Donald Trump’s inability to extract his country and Iran’s unwillingness to cede the Strait of Hormuz — as auguring poorly for energy prices going forward.

US President Donald Trump made a prediction Wednesday about when oil prices might fall and the Iran war could come to an end: immediately after the US midterm elections.

Oil prices keep climbing as the war with Iran continues to clog the global flow of crude, and they leaped Thursday to their highest levels since before the summer. That worsened inflation worries and cranked up pressure in the bond market,

Many consumers are focused on oil prices, as they worry about how much they'll have to pay at the pump. Several factors are impacting oil prices and the U.S. supply, including the ongoing conflict in

China ⁠and India ⁠are arranging for ​a bilateral meeting between Chinese ‌President Xi Jinping ‌and Indian ⁠Prime ⁠Minister Narendra Modi, China's foreign ministry ​said on Friday, as Xi is set to ​travel to India this weekend ⁠to ⁠attend a ⁠BRICS summit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in India for the BRICS Summit. Ben Hunte speaks with CNN’s Rhea Mogul about Putin’s relationship with India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Kremlin chief to pursue defence and investment deals with New Delhi at first in-person attendance abroad since Ukraine war

The visit to New Delhi is Xi Jinping’s first trip to India in seven years. But will this diplomatic overture lead to stronger business ties between the two countries? We go to our correspondent on the ground who tells us more.

In a report describing misuses of its AI models, Anthropic said it could not determine whether the research served a legitimate or nefarious purpose.

Anthropic has said that it has stopped several potential plots to build biological weapons using its artificial intelligence this year.

Anthropic intervened in multiple attempts by scientists and other actors who were using its models to help develop biological weapons, the artificial intelligence research company said in a report released Sept.

Anthropic says it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance and research that could have led to biological w