The UN refugee agency warned Tuesday that Yemen's displacement crisis is worsening, with more than 130,000 people forced to flee their homes since early September as hostilities intensify.
"Fighting in Yemen is expanding across multiple front lines, triggering a rapidly growing displacement crisis and driving more than 130,000 people to flee their homes since the beginning of September," UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch told a press conference in Geneva.
Since the renewed fighting began, large numbers of Yemeni refugees have already crossed the Bab al-Mandab Strait to reach Djibouti, the spokesman said.
"Yemeni refugees continue to arrive daily. More than 3,000 have so far arrived in Djibouti, where UNHCR is working with authorities and partners to assist the arrivals," he said.
Baloch warned that the escalation could trigger even larger waves of displacement, with growing numbers of Yemenis expected to flee the country for Djibouti, Somalia and beyond.
Yemen's conflict erupted in late 2014 when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa and much of the north. Fighting has intensified in recent days across western and northern Yemen -- the sharpest escalation since a UN-brokered truce in 2022 largely halted major hostilities.
Yemenis flee in growing numbers as fighting intensifies: UNHCR
A majority of Americans believe the United States should pursue friendly cooperation and engagement with China, extending a trend of growing public support for bilateral exchanges since 2024, according to an American think tank survey released Monday.
The poll, conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs from July 10 to 21, is based on a survey of 2,156 adults across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. The results, published days ahead of President Xi Jinping state visit to the U.S., found that 57 percent of the respondents backed friendly cooperation and engagement between the two countries.
The survey found that support among U.S. Republicans for friendly cooperation and engagement with China climbed 10 percentage points from 2025, reaching its highest level since 2019. Democrats, meanwhile, are also increasingly inclined toward engagement with China.
According to the survey, American views of China continue to warm. Compared with 2021, more Americans now believe that China is gaining greater respect on the world stage.
With Xi's upcoming visit, the two presidents are expected to complete reciprocal visits within months. During the Beijing summit in May, Xi and Trump agreed on a new vision of building a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability over the next three years and beyond.
Majority of Americans favor friendly cooperation, engagement with China: U.S. think tank
