Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Wednesday, after encountering resistance in earlier meetings with Israeli officials over the treatment of Palestinians and a plan for Gaza’s future. In the southern Red Sea, U.S. and British forces shot down a barrage of drones and missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, in the latest attack on international shipping, U.S. Central Command said.