The government-aligned forces seized the strategic western city after fierce clashes, with air support helping them regain control of positions around the port.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Tehran is prepared for both military confrontation and diplomacy, while insisting the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until its conditions are met.

Local media say Israeli assessments suggest Ali al-Amoudi survived the pinpoint attack in Gaza City that instead killed five Palestinians, including four women.

Another 105 Nigerians arrived in Lagos from South Africa last Friday, bringing to 1,926 the number repatriated since June following xenophobic attacks, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

A passenger died after suffering a medical emergency aboard a Kenya Airways (KQ) flight from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, to Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos, on Tuesday.

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a state of disaster in areas affected by a heavy hailstorm, which damaged more than 17,000 buildings and completely blew off the roofs of over 8,500 houses in the southern province of Masvingo.