By Timour Azhari and Mohammed Ghobari

RIYADH/ADEN, July 24 (Reuters) - Yemen is edging towards the resumption of a more than decade-old frozen conflict, Yemeni officials, Western diplomats and analysts say, as attacks on Saudi infrastructure and shipping by Iran-aligned Houthis test the patience of the kingdom and the Yemeni government forces it backs.

July 24 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington on Monday and will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, according to a statement from Netanyahu's office.

Netanyahu will also attend U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral, his office said.

(Reporting by Emily Rose, Steven Scheer; Writing by Yasmine Ghania; Editing by Toby Chopra)

By Mahmoud Hasano and Aziz Taher

ZAWTAR AL-GHARBIYEH, Lebanon, July 24 (Reuters) - Residents began entering the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on Friday, some inspecting damaged homes and searching for belongings after Israeli troops withdrew and the Lebanese army deployed under a U.S.-brokered agreement.

The return remains tentative. More than half the town has been destroyed and many of the homes still standing are badly damaged, according to Mayor Abed Ezzeddin.

Residents walked through streets covered in rubble, stopping outside damaged homes.

The main international oil contract Brent North Sea fell back under $100 Friday after surging past the key milestone the previous day on escalating Middle East strikes, helping US and European stock markets stabilize.

Brent dropped about four percent to under $97 a barrel, having soared seven percent Thursday. The key US contract, West Texas Intermediate, declined more than three percent after having gained more than six percent on Thursday.

BRUSSELS, July 24 (Reuters) - The European Union sanctioned five Iranian judges over alleged human rights violations, as well as a leading figure in a cyber group accused of helping the regime suppress information, the EU Council said on Friday.

The Council said it had sanctioned Nima Salehi, the Iranian founder of the Ashiyane cyber group, which it said cooperates closely with the EU-listed Cyber Police (FATA) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The statement did not specify the names of the sanctioned judges.

By Miranda Murray and Markus Wacket

BERLIN, July 24 (Reuters) - Germany's top court ruled on Friday that the government could not simply cancel an entire swathe of resettlement places promised to Afghans, and that each case must be considered individually.

The Constitutional Court backed a complaint by an Afghan mother and her two sons who had been selected in 2021 for admission to Germany under a "human rights list" set up by the previous government after the Taliban returned to power.

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the EU and China, alleging those countries failed to curb imports made by forced labor, just as a temporary 10% global tariff expired.

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By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA, July 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme warned on Friday it would have to make deeper cuts to its aid in Gaza, where it supports 70% of the population, unless additional funding is secured.

The comments come after the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, the global hunger monitor, said more than two-thirds of Gazans could face acute hunger by the end of the year as humanitarian agencies cut aid flows due to funding shortages.

By Sam Tabahriti and Michael Holden

LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - Britain said its armed forces were ready to protect the country from any attack after Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) issued a warning not to allow U.S. bombers to fly from UK bases.

In a statement on Thursday, the IRGC said the U.S. had flown bombing missions against Iran from Fairford in southwest England, adding that any base used to launch such attacks would be a legitimate target.

The United Nations on Friday called for the safe evacuation and repatriation of some 6,000 sailors stuck in a "dire humanitarian and human rights crisis" in the Strait of Hormuz.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk called for urgent action to remedy the plight of thousands of seafarers caught up in the Middle East war, his spokeswoman Shabia Mantoo said.