SANAA -- The death toll from fresh U.S. airstrikes on a crowded market in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday evening has risen to 12, with at least 30 others wounded, Houthi-controlled health authorities said in a statement.

According to Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the airstrikes targeted the Farwah market in the Shu'ub neighborhood, one of the busiest markets in Sanaa. Rescue operations are ongoing, with teams searching for survivors and victims beneath the rubble. (Yemen-US Airstrikes-Casualty)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Sunday the country is serious in its indirect negotiations with the United States and wants no delay in the diplomatic process.

Gharibabadi made the remarks at a meeting with the members of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in Tehran, the official news agency IRNA quoted the committee's spokesperson, Ebrahim Rezaei, as saying. (Iran-US-Nuke Talks)

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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military on Sunday admitted that a series of "professional failures" resulted in the killing of 15 emergency responders in southern Gaza last month, including personnel from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Civil Defense teams, and a United Nations employee.

The findings were released following an internal investigation conducted by the General Staff Fact-Finding Mechanism. The probe concluded that troops involved in the incident did not engage in "indiscriminate fire," but acknowledged serious operational and procedural errors. (Israel-Gaza-Medics Attack)

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ABUJA -- Coordinated attacks by suspected armed herders in Nigeria's central state of Benue have left at least 56 people dead so far, as local security agencies and volunteers continue to comb nearby bushes for more bodies, a senior official has said.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Hyacinth Alia, governor of Benue, lamented the deadly attacks after an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wreaked in communities in the Ukum local government area between Thursday and Friday night. (Nigeria-Clashes) Enditem

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