Houthis capture Mokha, move closer to key Bab al-Mandab Strait Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have seized the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha from Saudi-backed pro-government forces, military sources and witnesses told the BBC.The capture brings the Houthis within 75km (46 miles) of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a key gateway for global trade between Asia…

The microscopic yeast that could survive in association with a 5,300-year-old body feels unlikely, almost speculative. Yet the frozen remains of Ötzi, the Copper Age “Iceman” preserved in the Alps and housed in a controlled museum chamber in northern Italy, have provided scientists with an unexpected testing ground for that possibility. Over decades of study,…