Israel has banned the pan-Arab Al Jazeera network and accused six of its Gaza reporters of being militants. The Qatar-based broadcaster denies the allegations and accuses Israel of trying to silence its war coverage, which has focused heavily on civilian casualties from Israeli military operations.

A video showing World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, one of the top United Nations official, running for his safety is doing rounds on social media. The WHO chief was at the airport in Yemen's capital Sana'a when the airport came under Israeli attack.

As Israel and Yemen-based Houthis have exchanged fire five times in the past two weeks, it increasingly appears that Yemen is the next battlefield in West Asia after Gaza Strip and Lebanon where an Ir