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SANAA: The United States shot down an aerial vehicle launched from a Houthi-controlled area in response to a call from a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker in the southern Red Sea on Wednesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said early on Thursday. The US Navy destroyer Mason shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle launched from Houthi-controlled areas after the group attacked the commercial vessel Ardmore Encounter in skiffs, CENTCOM said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

More than 450,000 Afghans have left the country since Pakistani authorities launched a deportation drive in October.

Four Russian, two Chinese aircraft crossed into Korea Air Defense Identification Zone over Sea of Japan.

LONDON: Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, said on Wednesday that her country will “absolutely” reject any possibility of a two-state solution after the war in Gaza ends. Asked how peace might be achieved absent an agreement to establish a Palestinian state, she told Sky News: “Israel knows today and the world should know now … that the Palestinians never wanted to have a state next to Israel. “They want to have a state ‘from the river to the sea.’ They are saying it loud and clear.”

Escalating scandal involving allegations of unreported kickbacks from ruling party fundraising claims key ministers.

Local aid groups are providing desperately needed assistance to thousands displaced across the country.

As the war enters its 659th day, these are the main developments.