4 more ultras killed amid Tajikistan violence
Dushanbe: Ex-Soviet Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry said on Sunday that four more militants were killed by Government forces in a continuation of violence that began with shootouts Friday, and has now left at least 26 dead.
“Government forces of Tajikistan killed four members of a terrorist group during an operation in the Ramit Valley,” an MVD spokesperson told AFP of the military operation under way roughly 50 kilometres northeast from the country’s Capital, Dushanbe.
S Korean boat capsizes; 10 dead, Eight missing
Seoul: Ten people died and eight others were believed to be missing after a boat carrying passengers on a fishing trip capsized off South Korea’s southern coast, officials said on Sunday. Three people were rescued and flown to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening, Jeju coast guard officers said on condition of anonymity because of office rules. Dozens of ships searched the area for survivors.
Saudi airstrikes wound 17 in Yemen
Sanaa: Yemeni medical officials say airstrikes from the Saudi-led coalition fighting the country’s rebels have wounded 17 people in the Capital, some of whom were school children taking final exams. Witnesses and security officials from both sides of the conflict said Sunday’s airstrikes destroyed a key rebel encampment in downtown Sanaa, hitting a school, several restaurants and the nearby Saudi and Emirati embassies. Yemen is torn by fighting between Houthis and their allies against exiled Hadi’s coalition-backed forces.