Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Aug. 23

SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group said Sunday it had shot down "a Saudi reconnaissance drone" over the northwestern province of Hajjah.

The Houthi-run Saba news agency, citing a military source within the group, identified the drone as a ScanEagle, saying it was brought down while flying over Hajjah, which borders Saudi Arabia. (Yemen-Saudi Drone-Downing)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday the country is in an "all-out" economic, military, and security war with the "enemies."

Despite the U.S. pressure, "we are standing and making efforts to serve the people in the face of this unequal war," Pezeshkian said in a televised speech carried by the official news agency IRNA. (Iran-US-Economic Operations)

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YAOUNDE -- At least 10 people were killed Sunday morning in Cameroon when an intercity bus collided head-on with a semi-trailer truck near Edea on the Douala-Yaounde highway, witnesses and local police said.

The crash occurred at Logbadjeck, along the national road linking the country's two largest cities. Several other passengers were injured. (Cameroon-Accident-Highway)

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KABUL -- At least two people were killed and three others injured when a rickshaw plunged into a river in eastern Afghanistan's Laghman province on Sunday, the provincial police office reported in a statement.

The mishap occurred in Tangi Abrisham area along the highway connecting Nangarhar province to the capital, Kabul, after the three-wheeled rickshaw veered off the road and jumped into the river due to reckless driving, according to the statement. (Afghanistan-Road Accident) Enditem