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More than 200,000 displaced as Yemen fighting escalates, UN says
The UN's migration agency says more than 200,000 people have fled their homes since fighting intensified in Yemen — nearly triple the figure from mid-September — as the worst escalation since the 2022 truce deepens a hunger crisis.
Four African Leaders Issue Joint Declaration as Ethiopia's Tigray War Escalates
Egypt's president hosted the leaders of Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia in Alamein for a four-way summit on Ethiopia's renewed Tigray war, issuing a joint declaration on regional stability. The meeting came as Ethiopian federal forces retook the rebel capital Mekelle and deepened a diplomatic rift with its neighbours.
Philippines Rejects China's Claim to Waters Off Batanes as Research-Vessel Row Escalates
Manila 'firmly and strongly rejected' Beijing's claim of sovereign rights over waters off Batanes after the Philippine Coast Guard drove away the Chinese research vessel Jia Hai Ke 7, detected 37 nautical miles from Itbayat inside the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.