When the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7, many feared Hezbollah, the powerful Shia militia in Lebanon, would escalate the war by opening a second front. In late November, the Houthis, who are directly backed by Iran, changed their tactics from targeting Israel to attacking commercial ships passing through the Red Sea. What makes Houthi actions a direct threat …
More than 95 per cent of global data transfer occurs along fibre-optic cables that criss-cross through the world’s oceans that leave them vulnerable to a number of natural hazards, including volcanic eruptions and tsunamis In the wake of a violent volcanic eruption in Tonga, much of the communication with residents on the islands remains at a standstill. In our modern, …
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