ABU DHABI -- Trilateral talks involving Russia, the United States and Ukraine ended on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, with Russia and Ukraine reaching an agreement on a "large-scale" prisoner exchange.
Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation at talks on the Ukraine crisis, told a press conference that details of the exchange would be announced soon and that negotiations would continue. (UAE-Abu Dhabi Talks-Kushner)
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ANTALYA, Türkiye -- The Antalya Leaders' Summit of the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) opened on Wednesday, with a focus on turning climate commitments into concrete action.
Opening the high-level meeting, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged international cooperation on shared challenges. "We do not need countries to agree on everything, but we do need them to cooperate on the things no country can solve alone," he said. (Türkiye-COP31-Summit)
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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group said Wednesday it had launched three cruise missiles at King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh and a drone attack on an oil pumping station in western Saudi Arabia, claiming both operations had achieved their objectives.
In statements posted on social media platform X, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said the cruise missiles targeted the airport, while a separate drone struck Pumping Station No. 11 in the Yanbu area, a major oil hub on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast. (Yemen-Houthis-Attacks)
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TRIPOLI -- One worker was killed and four others injured on Wednesday in a fire and explosion involving a fuel gas pipeline at a gas processing plant in Marsa al-Brega, eastern Libya, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said.
The fire broke out in the morning at the gas plant following an explosion in one of the gas pipelines supplying steam boilers, the NOC said in a statement on its official Facebook page. (Libya-Explosion-Casualties) ■
