RIYADH/SANAA - A cruise missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the Riyadh region was intercepted and destroyed, Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, said on Saturday. A UAV was also intercepted and destroyed in the Riyadh region, he added.
Zelenskyy: Russia fired North Korean missiles in overnight strike
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Ukraine's president has repeatedly sounded the alarm over deepening military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, often while appealing for more Western air-defence supplies.
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Ukraine's president has repeatedly sounded the alarm over deepening military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, often while appealing for more Western air-defence supplies. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Russia fired North Korean missiles in an overn…
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