US Airstrikes Targeting Yemen's Houthis Kill at Least 1 Person, Wound Others

A man inspects the damage at a site of a reported US strike in Houthi-held Sanaa late on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
A man inspects the damage at a site of a reported US strike in Houthi-held Sanaa late on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
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US Airstrikes Targeting Yemen's Houthis Kill at Least 1 Person, Wound Others

A man inspects the damage at a site of a reported US strike in Houthi-held Sanaa late on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
A man inspects the damage at a site of a reported US strike in Houthi-held Sanaa late on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

US airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi militias pounded sites across the country into Monday, with the group saying the one attack in the capital killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others.
The American strikes entered their 10th day without a sign of stopping, part of a campaign by US President Donald Trump targeting the militias that threaten maritime trade and Israel while also trying to pressure Iran, the Houthis' main benefactor.
So far, the US has not offered any specifics on the sites it is striking, though Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz claimed the attacks have “taken out key Houthi leadership, including their head missileer.” That's something so far that's not been acknowledged by the Houthis, though the militias have downplayed their losses in the past and exaggerated their attacks attempting to target American warships.
“We’ve hit their headquarters," Waltz told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. "We’ve hit communications nodes, weapons factories and even some of their over-the-water drone production facilities.”
The campaign of airstrikes targeting the militias, which killed at least 53 people immediately after they began March 15, started after the Houthis threatened to begin targeting “Israeli" ships again over Israel blocking aid entering the Gaza Strip.



Iraq Reports 19 Congo Fever Deaths Already This Year

A general view of Baghdad, Iraq. (Reuters file photo)
A general view of Baghdad, Iraq. (Reuters file photo)
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Iraq Reports 19 Congo Fever Deaths Already This Year

A general view of Baghdad, Iraq. (Reuters file photo)
A general view of Baghdad, Iraq. (Reuters file photo)

Iraq said Thursday it has recorded 19 deaths from Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever already this year and urged farmers and abattoir workers to step up precautions when handling livestock.

A total of 123 cases have been recorded nationwide, health ministry spokesman Saif al-Badr said in a statement, adding that 36 of them were reported in the poor southern province of Dhi Qar, which is heavily dependent on livestock farming.

Congo fever is a viral disease which is transmitted to people either by tick bites or through contact with infected animal blood or tissues during or immediately after slaughter, according to the World Health Organization, AFP reported.

It has a fatality rate of between 10 and 40 percent, and most cases have been reported in the livestock industry.

A previous surge in infections in Iraq in 2022 saw at least 27 deaths, compared with just six cases for the two decades from 1989 to 2009.

The WHO attributed that flare-up to a rise in the tick population resulting from the failure to carry out pesticide spraying campaigns in 2020 and 2021.