QUITO -- Two people were killed and one was injured on Tuesday when their small plane crashed in Santa Rosa, Ecuador's southern coastal province of El Oro, the General Directorate for Civil Aviation said.
The Piper-34 light aircraft was flying from the southwest coastal city of Guayaquil towards Santa Rosa, the agency said in a statement. (Ecuador-Plane Crash)
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SANAA -- A warplane of the naval coalition of the United States and Britain launched two airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Tuesday, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
The Houthi television said the warplane hit the Al-Jabanah district in the western part of the city without revealing further details. (Yemen-U.S.-Airstrikes)
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BAGHDAD -- Five people were killed and four others injured on Tuesday in a car accident in Iraq's southern province of Dhi Qar, a traffic police official said.
Major Hussein al-Bahadly from Dhi Qar provincial police command told Xinhua that a GMC sport utility vehicle carrying passengers overturned in the afternoon on the highway connecting Dhi Qar and Basra province. (Iraq-Car Accident-Toll)
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THE HAGUE -- Dick Schoof, a top Dutch civil servant, has been named as new prime minister of the Netherlands, the four political parties involved in forming a right-wing government announced on Tuesday.
Schoof, 67, has held various positions as a civil servant and is currently a leading official at the Ministry of Justice and Security. He previously led the Dutch intelligence service, counter-terrorism agency, and immigration service. (Netherlands-Prime Minister) ■
