“The humanitarian reset cannot succeed if it focuses only on technocratic fixes or light touch reform,” NEAR, the southern civil society network warned. Yemen aid workers mark one year in Houthi detentionThis month marks a year since Houthi authorities arbitrarily detained more than 50 UN, NGO, and civil society workers in Yemen. Several aid workers described feeling betrayed by their employers, whose leaders have allegedly prioritised appeasing Houthi interference and aid diversion over humanitarian principles and protecting workers. Multiple aid and human rights experts have called on aid providers to impose tougher red lines against Houthi interference. Trump referred to the travel ban from his first term – challenged by the courts for targeting people from Muslim-majority nations.