MUSCAT -- Oman has brokered a ceasefire between Yemen's Houthi group and the United States, Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi said in a statement on Tuesday.
"In the future, neither side will target the other, including American vessels, in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, ensuring freedom of navigation and the smooth flow of international commercial shipping," the statement said. (Oman-Yemen-U.S. Ceasefire)
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KHARTOUM -- Sudan's government said on Tuesday it would sever diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and withdraw its ambassador, declaring the UAE an "aggressor state."
Defense Minister Yassin Ibrahim Yassin, speaking on state television, accused Abu Dhabi of violating Sudan's sovereignty through its "proxy," the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia. (Sudan-UAE-Ties-Severence)
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GAZA/JERUSALEM -- At least 17 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed on Tuesday when an Israeli airstrike hit a school sheltering displaced people east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, Palestinian Civil Defense said.
Photos from the scene showed the bodies of young girls among the dead. Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told Xinhua that rescue teams were still searching the rubble, with entire families feared trapped beneath the debris. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)
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SANAA/JERUSALEM -- Intensive Israeli airstrikes struck Yemen's capital Sanaa and the northern province of Amran on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least three people and injuring 38, according to health authorities run by the Houthi militant group.
Local witnesses reported thick black smoke rising over both Sanaa and Amran following the attacks. In Sanaa, the strikes hit Sanaa International Airport, three power plants, and three military sites. (Yemen-Israel-Houthis) ■
