9 Killed in Saudi-led strikes in Yemen
Sanaa: At least nine people were killed and 11 others wounded on Tuesday in an airstrike by the Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition in the city of Hudaydah, eyewitnesses said. The occupants of the bus that was hit in the attack were inhabitants of Hudaydah, who were attempting to leave the Houthi-controlled city before the Arab coalition begins an all-out offensive to take the city, Efe reported.
US NSA set to meet Putin in Kremlin
Moscow: US National Security Adviser John Bolton is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Wednesday. Bolton is in Moscow ahead of an expected summit meeting between Putin and Trump in mid-July.
Prince William meets young Israelis
Tel Aviv: Prince William is visiting Israel's cultural and financial capital of Tel Aviv and meeting young artists and entrepreneurs. The Duke of Cambridge began the second full day of his historic royal visit to Israel today by strolling Tel Aviv's trendy Rothschild Boulevard, named after the late 19th-century British-Jewish banker and philanthropist who contributed greatly to the Jewish community in the Holy land.
12 civilians died in Mali soldiers' revenge: UN
Bamako: The United Nations mission in Mali says soldiers who are part of a regional counterterrorism force “summarily and/or arbitrarily” executed 12 civilians in retaliation for the death of a fellow soldier. The UN mission said on Wednesday that unknown attackers shot a Malian soldier on May 19 at the weekly Boulkessy cattle market. It said fellow soldiers from the Malian battali on of the G5 Sahel Joint Force retaliated, and civilians were killed.