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US Navy Seizes Huge Illegal Arms Shipment Bound for Yemen Share This: Navy boarding teams board a dhow during an earlier operation seizing illegal arms conducted by the USS Winston Churchill. (U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy reported that it has seized an arms shipment of thousands of Chinese and Russian assault weapons, machine guns, and sniper rifles hidden aboard a ship in the Arabian Sea. They were apparently bound for Yemen to support the country’s Houthi rebels. The guided-missile cruiser USS ...

UK Plans to Gut Humanitarian Aid to Worlds Worst Crises: Leaked Report From Syria to South Sudan, the cuts affect conflict zones and the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Why Global Citizens Should Care Devastating cuts to the UK’s aid budget come as humanitarian crises worldwide are getting worse, and amid a pandemic that’s impacting everything from education to nutrition. The cuts already announced in funding to Yemen, alongside planned future cuts, will cost lives. Global Citizen’s ...