CAIRO -- Students studying in Egyptian colleges celebrated Saturday the United Nations Chinese Language Day with a themed event featuring a concert, food and tea tasting, sketch comedy, and art show.

At the event, a traditional orchestra from Nanjing University in southeastern China played melodic music such as "Jasmine" and "Birds Greeting the Phoenix," receiving a thundering ovation from enthusiastic audiences. (Egypt-Chinese Language Day-Celebration)

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BEIRUT -- At least 14 people were injured on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon's southern town of Sarbin, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.

The sources, who spoke anonymously, said that an Israeli warplane targeted a house in Sarbin with two air-to-surface missiles weighing 1,000 pounds each, leading to its destruction and causing heavy damage to neighboring houses. (Lebanon-Hezbollah-Israel)

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TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Portuguese counterpart Paulo Rangel on Saturday held a phone talk on developments in the Gaza Strip, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on its website.

In the phone conversation, Amir-Abdollahian strongly urged an end to Israel's "war and genocide" in Gaza and respect for the oppressed Palestinian people's rights, deeming Israel "the root cause" for all regional tensions. (Iran-Portugese FM-Talks)

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VALLETTA -- Clad in white loose fitting suits, members of the Malta Yang Family Tai Chi Association demonstrated the Tai Chi essential form 22 and the Tai Chi sword on Saturday.

The Tai Chi show was staged at the Chinese Garden of Serenity in Santa Lucija in southern Malta to celebrate the World Tai Chi and Qinggong Day, which was usually held on the last Saturday of April. (Malta-Tai Chi-Spring Fair)

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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group on Saturday posted a video showing the downing of what it said was a "U.S. MQ9 spy drone" over the northern Yemeni province of Saada.

The Houthis said the operation occurred late Thursday night near the southern border of Saudi Arabia. (Yemen-Houthis-Downing US Drone) Enditem

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