ADEN, Yemen -- Yemen's Houthi group announced Sunday it had conducted military operations against Ben Gurion Airport in Israel and several U.S. naval vessels including an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea.

In a televised statement broadcast on the group's Al-Masirah channel, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the group's missile forces targeted Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv with a "Palestine II" hypersonic ballistic missile.

"The operation successfully achieved its goal, leading to the suspension of air traffic at the airport for more than half an hour," Sarea claimed. (Yemen-Houthis-Israel)

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GARISSA -- At least six people were killed and four others injured early Sunday after al-Shabab militants raided a security camp in Garissa County in northeastern Kenya along the border with Somalia, the police said.

Police spokesman Michael Muchiri confirmed the attack, which occurred at about 5:30 a.m. local time at a national police reserve camp in Biyamadhow. He added that security has been reinforced, with more police and security teams dispatched to the region to pursue the militants. (Kenya-Al Shabab-Raid)

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JAKARTA -- At least six people in a remote area in the eastern province of Papua Highlands reportedly died on Friday in an ambush by armed insurgents, the Indonesian military told local media on Sunday.

According to a preliminary report, the incident took place in the district of Aggruk in Yakuhimo region.

The Papua Cendrawasih Military Command's spokesman Candra Kurniawan said that the victims were allegedly burned alive inside a school building. (Indonesia-Crime-Death)

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ISTANBUL -- Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was officially arrested Sunday on corruption charges, the Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

Imamoglu faced accusations of "bribery, corruption, qualified fraud, illegally obtaining personal data for profit and tampering with a tender," according to the agency. (Türkiye-Istanbul Mayor-Arrest) Enditem

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