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Pope urges Europe to protect migrants in visit to Island Frontier

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday pressed Europe to do more to protect and integrate migrants as he visited Italy's Lampedusa island, a major port of call for those risking the perilous crossing from Africa. His trip to the migration frontline was a stark message to both EU and US leaders in a period of both growing intolerance and indifference. The Catholic Church's first US pope, who has clashed with President Donald Trump's administration over its treatment of migrants, chose to mark July 4, the United States' 250th anniversary of independence, at a migration hotspot. Leo's visit also comes just two weeks after the European Union's approval of new migrant rules allowing much broader detention powers and the creation of deportation centres outside the bloc. "From this far-flung corner of Europe on the Mediterranean Sea, one can more clearly perceive the momentous challenge that the phenomenon of migration poses to European societies," Leo told crowds...
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Saudi-led coalition vows 'unprecedented' force against Houthi threats

The Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen's internationally recognised government vowed Saturday to respond "with unprecedented determination and force" to any attempt to target Saudi Arabia or violate Yemen's sovereignty, following threats from Yemen's Houthi group. Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Malki said in a statement that Houthi threats against the kingdom were "merely an attempt to divert attention away from their grave violations against the brotherly people of Yemen." He accused the group of trying "to export the economic disasters and Yemeni suffering they have caused," while also deflecting attention from the rejection they face from Yemeni tribal and social groups onto neighbouring countries. Read: Reporter killed by car bomb in Yemen Al-Malki said Saudi Arabia, the coalition, and international partners had worked to ease Yemeni suffering caused by the Houthi takeover and to resolve the crisis through a roadmap accepted by Yemen's government but rejected by the Houthis, who he claimed instead attacked shipping lanes and international trade in the southern Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait. "The Coalition will respond with unprecedented determination and force to any and all attempts to target the Kingdom, its citizens and residents and national assets, or any attempt to violate the sovereignty of the brotherly Republic of Yemen in a manner that conforms with the Customary International Humanitarian Law," he said. The coalition's statement came after Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree threatened a "comprehensive" response targeting Saudi airports and vital interests, claiming Houthi forces had used air defence missiles to force Saudi warplanes to abandon an attempt to block an Iranian civilian flight from landing at Sanaa International Airport on Friday. Read More: Middle East conflict and new global economic reset Saree said the aircraft was carrying more than 200 stranded, injured and sick passengers. It marked the first publicly confirmed Iranian flight to Sanaa airport in roughly a decade, according to Yemeni media, though Iran had not officially confirmed the flight as of Saturday. Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council held an emergency meeting Friday, calling the flight a "flagrant violation" of Yemen's sovereignty and a "blatant defiance" of international law and UN Security Council resolutions, and urged the UN to move "from condemnation to deterrent action" against Iran.

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