Day News Recap: Red Sea tensions widen as Congo Ebola toll climbs and Europe faces political strain

Houthi forces have completed their takeover of Yemen's Red Sea coastline, including the port city of Mocha and the island of Mayyun, also known as Perim, while government forces said they were intensifying air attacks on Houthi positions near Mocha and along the coast. The fighting has sharpened fears over one of the world's most sensitive shipping routes.  🔗  🔗

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Maritime security in the wider region also deteriorated after Iranian authorities said one person was killed and three others injured when a merchant vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, and Bahrain refused to join an Iranian proposed shipping meeting in Oman on safe passage through the waterway. Separately, the Houthis said they fired a drone and missile at a military base in southern Saudi Arabia, and a projectile from Yemen wounded two people in Saudi Arabia's Jazan region.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Middle East, Israeli air strikes in Gaza City killed at least two people and wounded 13 others when a vehicle was hit in Tal al Hawa. In Iraq, security forces seized a drone launching platform in Maysan province that authorities said was linked to an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline, underlining the spread of regional cross border attacks.  🔗  🔗

In Africa, Niger's military government reshuffled its top army command after a failed mutiny, a move that appears aimed at tightening control over the security apparatus. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ebola outbreak passed 7,000 recorded cases, with 7,022 infections and 3,398 deaths, and authorities also confirmed a new spread in South Ubangi.  🔗  🔗

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Europe saw a string of political and security developments. Bulgaria opened an investigation into fire and explosions at an EMCO ammunition site near Gorni Varpishta as possible sabotage, while a Russian strike hit a train near the Ukraine Poland border shortly after Boris Johnson and other senior European security officials had passed through.  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere on the continent, Kosovo approved a new government led by acting prime minister Albin Kurti after three months of paralysis, and Spain's lower house backed a bill creating a special route to citizenship for Sahrawis born in Western Sahara before 29 September 1975, a move likely to unsettle Morocco.  🔗  🔗

Germany saw about 150,000 people protest against the far right AfD after its strong Saxony Anhalt election win, while Sweden voted in a tight general election that could return the left wing opposition or bring the Sweden Democrats into government. In the UK, the national security adviser said Europe must be ready for real hardship this winter if it wants to keep economic pressure on Russia.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In Asia and the Pacific, Nepal's flood response came under renewed scrutiny as the missing toll remained high after catastrophic flooding in mountain communities in Nepal and Tibet. In Australia, crossbench MPs are preparing a bill aimed at stopping military exports being used in ways that breach human rights, while in the Gulf, Sharjah's SEWA said it has completed about 90 percent of the Rawdat Al Qarat water network project.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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On the diplomatic front, BRICS leaders meeting in New Delhi adopted a joint declaration despite visible divisions over Iran, Ukraine and tariffs, and the summit also brought fresh momentum for UAE India economic and development cooperation, according to the IBPC Dubai. In the United States, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration's plan to cut and constrain FEMA's workforce, and the Justice Department said Nazira Haji Zada was deported to Afghanistan after appearing before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the first time.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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