The U.S. military launched fresh airstrikes in Houthis-controlled areas on Sunday, killing at least four people in Yemen's capital city of Sanaa.
The airstrikes lasted from Sunday evening to the early morning on Monday. One attack hit a home in the northern parts of Saada, killing four people, including two women, and wounding 25 others.
Houses were destroyed near Yemen's capital city in the strikes, displacing local people.
"Many of my neighbors were hit by this air strike, their houses were hit. Our home was completely destroyed as well. I was lying there at the time, and suddenly I heard the sound of missiles. Then the windows fell down, landing right here," said Ismail Al-Harbi, an air strike witness.
The United States began large-scale air strikes against the Houthi group in Yemen on March 15. In response, the Houthi group attacked the U.S. aircraft carriers and accompanying vessels.
U.S. military launches new air strikes on Yemen's Houthis
U.S. military launches new air strikes on Yemen's Houthis
China and other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), pledged to enhance sustainable development cooperation at a Thursday conference in Tianjin, ahead of this year's SCO summit.
As the rotating chair for this year, China is to host the SCO summit in Tianjin this autumn. The China-SCO Conference on Industrial Cooperation for Sustainable Development is one of the activities organized during a promotion event from Wednesday to Friday. It aims to promote cooperation in fields like infrastructure, energy, mining and petrifaction.
Nearly 400 guests, including government officials and enterprises from SCO member states attended the opening session.
"In 2024, China's trade volume with SCO member states, observer states and dialogue partners reached a record high of 890 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for about 14.4 percent of China's total foreign trade volume, fully demonstrating the tremendous vitality and broad prospects of trade development within the region," said Ling Ji, vice minister of commerce and deputy China international trade representative, at the conference.
As China has extensive experience in promoting sustainable development, attendees from SCO member states expressed hope to strengthen cooperation with China across various sectors, said SCO Deputy Secretary General Sohail Khan.
"China plays a very, very important, significant role in sustainable development, as I said, so we are expecting that in the sustainable development context, all member states have lot to gain and learn from China on its achievements in various areas, like agricultural industries, energy, high tech, information technology, and robot AI," he said.
By the end of 2024, China's investment stocks in SCO member states, observer states and dialogue partners have exceeded 140 billion U.S. dollars, with the total value of contracts signed by Chinese enterprises in these countries exceeding one trillion U.S. dollars and the completed turnover surpassing 680 billion U.S. dollars.
In 2024, about 19,000 China-Europe freight train ran through the SCO region, marking a year-on-year increase of 10.7 percent and significantly promoting regional connectivity and economic development.
China, SCO member states pledge deeper sustainable development cooperation
