SANAA -- The U.S.-British maritime coalition launched two strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Saturday morning, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.

The strikes, which came a few hours after the Houthis struck a British oil tanker, hit the Ras Issa coastal area in the northwestern part of the city, the report said. (Yemen-Houthis-Airstrikes)

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TEHRAN -- Nine non-Iranian nationals were killed Saturday in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan by unidentified armed individuals, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

The armed individuals killed the foreign nationals in a house in Saravan County in the early hours of Saturday, Mehr quoted informed people as saying. (Iran-Gunmen-Slain Foreigners)

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FUNAFUTI -- Incumbent Tuvaluan Prime Minister Kausea Natano lost his parliamentary seat in the general election held in the Pacific island nation on Friday, according to media reports Saturday.

Natano failed to secure one of two seats of the Funafuti constituency, said the reports. (Tuvalu-Election)

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KHOST, Afghanistan -- The first-ever commercial flight opened from the Khost International Airport to Al Ain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Friday, the local television Tolonews reported on Saturday.

Two flights are scheduled to take off from the airport every week. Residents and passengers were asking for more flights, Tolonews said. (Afghanistan-UAE-Flights) Enditem

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