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Houthis strike Saudi airport with missiles and drones after Yemeni government attacks Sanaa runway to block Iranian flight
Yemen's Houthi rebels launched ballistic missiles and drones at Abha International Airport in southern Saudi Arabia on Monday, hours after the internationally recognised Yemeni government struck Sanaa airport's runway to prevent an Iranian aircraft carrying a Houthi delegation from landing.
- Jul 5
Houthi attack kills 14 to 16 Yemeni government soldiers near Hodeidah, the deadliest in years
Houthi rebels launched a fierce assault on pro-government positions south of Hodeidah, killing between 14 and 16 soldiers and wounding over 20 others. Government forces retook the sites by dawn after a counterattack.
- Jul 2
Bomb hidden in Damascus cafe kills nine, injures 20 in deadliest attack since church suicide bombing a year ago
An improvised explosive device planted in a busy central Damascus cafe exploded Thursday afternoon, killing at least nine people and wounding 20, Syrian authorities said.
- Jun 11
Chinese expedition discovers the deepest, largest and oldest whale cemetery in the Indian Ocean
A Chinese research team has found nearly 480 fossilised whale remains, some up to 5.3 million years old, along a 1,200-kilometre corridor in the Diamantina Fracture Zone.
- Jun 7
Portugal's president and PM urge Luxembourg to expand Portuguese in schools and call emigrants home
President António José Seguro and Prime Minister Luís Montenegro launched the Day of Portugal celebrations in Luxembourg with a joint appeal for emigrants to return and a request to make Portuguese a curricular language in local schools.
