Yemen

After Saudi Arabia remarked that it views the UAE’s arming of the STC as “a red line for its national security”, the UAE’s Foreign Ministry claimed that it is not a part of any regional effort to undermine Saudi Arabia.

An Israeli airstrike in Yemen’s capital Sana’a killed Houthi prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi along with several ministers.

The rebuttal came hours after the Grand Mufti of India, Kanthapuram A.P. Abubakar Musliyar, issued a statement suggesting that a "high-level meeting in Sanaa" had resolved to fully cancel Nimisha’s death sentence.

Randhir Jaiswal said this is a very sensitive matter, and the Government of India has been offering all possible assistance in the case

Nimisha Priya was convicted by a trial court in Yemen and sentenced to death penalty for the murder of her Yemeni business partner in July 2017.

The matter was brought before a partial working days bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. The petitioners mentioned that as per Sharia law, a person if the relatives of the victims agree to accept "blood money" or "Diyya", adding that negotiations can be held to explore that option.

Saad bin Atif al-Awlaki is from the al-Awaliq tribe of the al-Shubah area of ​​Shabwa province in Yemen. He became the leader of AQAP in 2024, when the organisation's former leader, Khalid al-Batarfi ,died. Earlier, Saad was part of AQAP's Shura Council and was involved in planning attacks.

It is notable here that Yemen lies over 2000 km away from Israel, and the two nations are separated by the entire span of Saudi Arabia’s western coast along the Red Sea. The land distance even includes the breadth of Jordan after the Saudi mainland, still the Houthis have been trying to hit Israel with ballistic missiles for over a year.