"Biden Administration to Re-Designate Houthis as Terrorist Group Amid Escalating Mideast War"

The US is poised to re-designate Yemen's Houthi rebels as "global terrorists", reversing a 2021 decision to remove them from the list, amid ongoing attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. The move will require freezing Houthi funds and ban its members from the US, but exemptions will be made to ensure humanitarian aid continues to flow into Yemen. The decision comes after the group launched dozens of attacks on commercial tankers, prompting US and UK airstrikes, and is part of a broader effort to address the dire humanitarian situation in war-torn Yemen.