U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under fire again as a second private Signal chat surfaces—revealing he shared sensitive Yemen war plans with family members and a personal lawyer. The revelation follows a previous incident where Hegseth's team mistakenly sent military details to The Atlantic’s editor. Lawmakers are calling for his resignation, while Trump continues to stand by him.
Yemen's Houthis on Tuesday claimed their third attack on American warships in 48 hours, despite US strikes on the Iran-backed rebels that have sparked mass protests. The Houthis said on Telegram they had targeted the USS Harry S. Truman carrier group with missiles and drones, making the attack the "third in the past 48 hours" in the northern Red Sea.
On the wall of one shop in a particularly hard-hit area in Yemen, artist Alaa Rubil painted a large outline of a man's face, but obscured the eyes, nose and mouth with a cupped palm holding up three sticks of dynamite. Across the street, on the interior wall of a bombed-out apartment building, a piece he calls "Silent Suffering" depicts a skeleton playing a violin as peace signs float around its skull.
Riyadh has called for a nuclear deal with stronger parameters and said Gulf Arab states should join any negotiations on the accord to ensure that this time it addresses Iran's missiles programme and its support for regional proxies.