ST. PETERSBURG -- The first tanker carrying 40,000 tons of Russian diesel fuel will depart in two to three days, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
Russia is currently preparing shipments of several tankers carrying diesel fuel, Putin said during his meeting with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg. (Russia-Diesel Shipment)
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ADEN, Yemen -- Yemen's Houthi group said Wednesday it had launched a ballistic missile at a military target near Aden International Airport in the southern port city of Aden, where a powerful explosion shook surrounding neighborhoods, with no casualties immediately reported.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement posted on social media platform X that the missile targeted what he described as a "Saudi military operations room" at Badr military base in Aden, claiming the strike was "direct and precise." (Yemen-Houthis-Missile Attack)
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TEHRAN -- Nine people were killed in a collision between a sedan and a tractor unit on an intercity road in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan early Wednesday, the official news agency IRNA reported.
The collision occurred at around 01:30 a.m. local time (2200 GMT on Tuesday), IRNA cited Mehdi Khamar, northern Sistan and Baluchestan's traffic police chief, as saying. (Iran-Traffic Accident)
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ISLAMABAD -- At least eight people were killed and 32 others injured when a passenger bus overturned on a highway in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province early on Wednesday, said a rescue official.
An official from the state-owned Rescue 1122 told Xinhua that the accident occurred near Bangla Hidayat in Rajanpur district, where a bus travelling from the southern port city of Karachi to the Dera Ghazi Khan district of Punjab collided with a road divider before overturning. (Pakistan-Road Accident) ■
