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53 injured as Saudi jet makes emergency landing

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Airbus A330 jet made an emergency landing in the western Red Sea city of Jeddah, injuring 53 people, aviation officials said on Tuesday. The Saudia aircraft was travelling from the Muslim holy city of Medina to Dhaka with 151 people on board, but had to be...

5 killed in Houthi attack in Yemen’s Maarib

Five civilians were killed and 20 others injured in a Houthi attack in eastern Yemen’s Maarib city on Tuesday, according to a local police source. Houthi rebels fired a mortar shell on a crowded street in the city, a police officer told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity due to...

1,000 Ethiopians in Saudi prisons to be freed: PM

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday said he had secured the release of 1,000 Ethiopians from Saudi prisons. He broke the news on his return from the Kingdom. An hour after the prime minister's plane landed at the Addis Ababa airport, an aircraft carrying 690 prisoners aboard...

Yemen hit by storms as rare tropical cyclone Sagar nears

A UN agency has issued a warning for the rare tropical cyclone 'Sagar' in the Gulf of Aden, saying it threatens flash flooding, as authorities say it has struck Yemen's southern coastline. The Health Ministry's emergency center says that an elderly woman has died after her house caught...