US attacks Houthi rebels in Yemen
The US has launched new strikes in Yemen, a day after a first raid sparked mass protests in the country's capital and other Middle Eastern countries expressed concern that the strikes could spark further unrest in the region.
Official media of the Iran-backed militants earlier said the Al-Dailami airbase in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa had been hit.
Hundreds of thousands are expected to protest in London after the attacks in Yemen
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather in London over the weekend to protest the war in Gaza as the conflict widens into Yemen.
A giant doll of a Syrian refugee child named Little Amal will walk with demonstrators calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Study: Anti-malaria drug, touted by Trump as a cure for Covid, increases the chance of death
People who received an anti-malaria treatment that Donald Trump touted as a cure for Covid-19 in the early days of the pandemic were 11% more likely to die from the virus, according to a new scientific study.
The study authors - who published their research in the journal Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy - also estimated that nearly 17,000 people in six different countries, including the US, died after contracting Covid-19 and taking the antimalarial hydroxychloroquine.
Cholera cases are increasing due to the lack of vaccines
Cholera cases rose last year, according to preliminary data from the World Health Organization, which recorded 4,000 cholera deaths and 667,000 cases globally.
The WHO has classified the global re-emergence of cholera as a level 3 emergency. The outbreaks were deadliest in Malawi and Haiti, where the death toll reached 1,771 and 1,156 respectively.
