A second attack in two months on an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia has wounded nine people, according to a Saudi-led coalition statement.

Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a drone attack Tuesday on Abha International Airport, according to the Houthi-run Al-Masirah news agency. The Saudi-led coalition fighting the rebels confirmed the drone attack and said it believed Tehran was involved in the operation.

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Fierce clashes erupted between the Myanmar Army (or Tatmadaw) and the Arakan Army (AA) in Rathedaung, Kyauktaw and Minbya townships of N. Rakhine on Sunday.

According to the AA, the two sides clashed in two places in Rathedaung Township at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

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At least 8 militants were killed in fighting between the al-Qaeda-linked extremists and Somali government forces in the south of the country on Sunday, Garowe Online reports.

Local officials said intermittent clashes have been ongoing since Saturday Moro Gabey near Hudur town in Bakool region after the troops attacked militants collecting extortion money from nomadic residents.

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On June 28, Russian occupation forces 32 times violated the ceasefire in Donbas, as reported by the press service of the Joint Forces Operation Headquarters in its morning update on Facebook.

The invaders 16 times opened fire from weapons proscribed by the Minsk agreements, including 122 mm artillery systems, as well as 120 mm and 82 mm mortars.

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At least six militants affiliated with the Haqqani network have been killed and seven others injured in eastern Paktia province, said a statement released by the provincial administration on Friday.

The security forces, according to the statement, launched cleanup operations in Gardisirai district of the province on Thursday and the government forces have also arrested seven suspected militants with the Haqqani network, a military wing of Taliban operating in the capital city Kabul and eastern provinces.

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