Occurred Nov 2, 2026, 12:00:00 PM UTC

First published Nov 3, 2026, 11:56:15 AM UTC · Last updated Nov 3, 2026, 11:56:15 AM UTC

World News in Brief: healthcare crisis in Yemen’s Taiz and Afghanistan, Western Sahara mission's phased closure

The excerpt reports a worsening humanitarian crisis and says Taiz, Yemen, is encircled by paramilitary Iran-backed Houthi forces. Further details about Afghanistan and the Western Sahara mission’s phased closure were not included in the source data received by Planet Briefing.

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Affected location: Taiz

Illustrative image: Hospital campus for CARe Medical College — Nazriyas/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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