Three weeks into the siege of Yemen’s third-largest city, prices have doubled, and families are down to the basics.


Senior Data Journalist
Three weeks into the siege of Yemen’s third-largest city, prices have doubled, and families are down to the basics.

On November 3, Americans decide which party controls the US Congress for the second half of Donald Trump’s presidency.

Karachi’s last two African elephants remain in captivity. Their sisters are already dead. Will they survive?
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A decade of war has shifted Yemen’s front lines, but the Houthis still hold Sanaa, and no side controls the country.

Protesters across Europe have hit the streets amid anger over the cost of living.

Official data shows tens of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers have been sent to countries they have no ties to.

At least 746 people from 52 countries have been to space, from career astronauts to paying tourists.
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Yemen’s latest fighting has redrawn front lines after more than a decade of war, deepening hunger and displacement.

A quarter of the world’s population faces a surging cost of living crisis because of the wars in the Middle East.
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Successive wars launched after 9/11 have killed at least 4.5 million people and displaced more than 38 million others.
![Locals look at German soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) approaching them during a patrol in the village of Isa Khel in Chahar Dara district December 16, 2011. [Thomas Peter/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2011-12-16T000000Z_1423537877_GM1E7CG1ROV01_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-1789054025.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)