Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | September 15, 2026

Iran-backed Houthis fire dozens of missiles and drones at military airbase in Saudi Arabia, fuel shortage in Yemen complicates mass exodus from the country as fighting escalates, government officials in Lithuania brief EU allies after NATO jets shoot down a drone in the country's airspace overnight, Israeli settlers attack elderly Palestinian man and his wife in the village of Abu Nujaym, Mahmoud Khalil and other pro-Palestinian student activists sue Columbia University for ignoring their harassment complaints, Supreme Court rejects President Trumps effort to restrict mail-in ballots in the midterms, co-founder of Anthropic says AI is showing signs of the risks that were previously "academic or theorized."