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LONDON: A British Royal Navy destroyer has joined a new international maritime protection force to protect shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, the government in London said Monday. HMS Diamond is part of the Operation Prosperity Guardian task force seeking to deter attacks from Iran-backed Yemeni rebels on commercial vessels in the busy Bab Al-Mandeb strait. The United States announced the 10-nation coalition on Monday, promising a multinational response to the Houthi drone and missile strikes disrupting shipping.

More than 100 MPs have been suspended from parliament in move the the opposition calls 'a complete purge'.

Houthis say attacks won't stop unless Israel's do. Shipping industry doesn't appear convinced task force can stop them.

GAZA/MANAMA/JERUSALEM: Israeli missiles and air strikes on the Rafah area in southern Gaza struck three houses killing at least 20 Palestinians, Gaza health officials said on Tuesday. Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have crammed into Rafah on Gaza’s border with Egypt to escape Israeli bombardments further north, despite fears that they will also not be safe there.

The ADF has carried out multiple attacks in Uganda and neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo in the last decade.

Denis Kadima tells Al Jazeera that most of the criticism of CENI is unwarranted.

CAIRO: A north Gaza hospital that Israeli troops raided is no longer functioning and patients including babies have been evacuated, putting the enclave’s collapsing health services in further peril, a World Health Organization official said on Monday. Gazan authorities said Israeli forces last week used a bulldozer to smash through the perimeter of the Kamal Adwan hospital, forcing out displaced people. Israel said the hospital was used by Hamas fighters.