SANAA -- At least eight people from one family were killed when a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a house in Yemen's southwestern province of Taiz on Friday, local sources said.

The airstrike targeted the house in Warzan area in Khadir district, killing the family including women and children, a medic and a resident at the district health center told Xinhua by phone. (Yemen-Saudi-Airstrike)

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MANILA -- Two suspected male suicide bombers on motorcycles targeted a military camp in a remote part of southern Philippines' Sulu province on Friday, killing three soldiers and injuring 12 others.

Major Arvin Encinas, spokesman for the military's Western Mindanao Command, said the alleged bombers were also killed in the attack on the Army's first Brigade Combat Team headquarters in Kajatian, a village in Indanan town in Sulu. (Philippines-Suicide Bombings)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday warned against misinformation on vaccines and vaccination programs, calling on the international community to work together to combat it.

At a discussion on vaccine misinformation and growing distrust, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore stressed that "vaccines work," as immunization prevents 2 to 3 million deaths every year, citing figures from the World Health Organization. (UNICEF-Vaccination)

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GAZA -- At least 50 Palestinians were injured on Friday in clashes between dozens of demonstrators and Israeli soldiers stationed on the border between the eastern Gaza Strip and Israel.

Dozens of others suffered suffocation after inhaling tear gas, Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the Health Ministry in Gaza, told reporters. (Gaza-Israel-Clashes) Enditem

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