A Yemeni health official says nearly 3,000 civilians, including African refugees, have lost their lives or sustained injuries as a result of Saudi strikes on border regions in Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada.

Local residents have prevented a US military convoy from passing through a community in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, and forced it to turn around.

US-sponsored SDF militants have abducted ten civilians in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah amid public rage over their presence and arbitrary practices.

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov made the remarks in an interview with the Newsweek.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of seeking to sabotage negotiations between Russia and Ukraine by fueling "hysteria" over the alleged mass killing of civilians by Russian forces in the town of Bucha, warning that the peace process could collapse if such attempts continued.

Russia has announced a local ceasefire to allow civilians to be evacuated from Ukraine's besieged port city of Mariupol, calling on Kiev to respect the truce, as the conflict between the neighbors rages on.

Iran’s top human rights official says US drone strikes have killed tens of thousands of civilians over the last two decades.