The coalition blamed a technical fault for the crash and said it intercepted two ballistic missiles targeting southwestern Saudi Arabia.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say a supertanker carrying more than two million barrels of crude caught fire after striking a mine in the contested strait.

All seven candidates to lead the United Nations received a vote of “discourage,” effectively a veto, from a permanent UN Security Council member in the latest informal poll, a diplomat said on Friday.

Tigrayan rebels had launched an offensive against the federal government last month, but were ultimately forced to retreat and lost control of the state.

Officials warned stigma and misconceptions about the disease were preventing some residents from seeking timely medical care.

The police operation exposed hundreds of shallow mass graves, the soaring death toll requiring a pause in excavations as local morgues ran out of space.