Pakistan has reportedly entered the Saudi-led military campaign against Yemen’s Houthis, with a senior Pakistani military official saying Pakistani fighter jets have carried out strikes against Houthi targets. A second Pakistani official described the operation as air support aimed at countering Houthi missile and drone threats, while ruling out a Pakistani ground offensive inside Yemen. The escalation comes after Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye activated their new mutual defence arrangement amid growing Houthi attacks on Saudi territory. 

During a speech in Pennsylvania meant to focus on inflation, President Donald Trump veered into one of his most incendiary anti-immigrant tirades yet. He mocked Somalia, Haiti, and Afghanistan as “filthy,” “disgusting,” and “crime-ridden,” while insisting the United States should bring in “nice people from Norway and Sweden instead.”