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Airstrike kills Houthi leaders in Yemen capital
Associated Press

YEMEN

Two rebel leaders killed in airstrike

SANA — A Saudi-led airstrike targeting a high-level meeting of Shi’ite rebels in Yemen’s capital killed two of the group’s leaders and dozens of their militiamen, the kingdom’s state media reported. The Friday strike killed more than 50 Houthi militiamen, it said. Al-Arabiya, a Dubai-based satellite news network said the strike hit a building owned by the Interior Ministry in the rebel-held capital, Sana. (AP)

BANGLADESH

UN team examines refugee conditions

COX’S BAZAR — A UN Security Council delegation arrived in Bangladesh on Saturday to get a firsthand look at the plight of some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar to escape military-led violence. The team will visit camps housing the refugees and discuss the crisis with local officials. The delegation will also travel to Myanmar after concluding its three-day visit Monday. The crackdown on Rohingya insurgents last year has been described by the United Nations and the United States as ‘‘ethnic cleansing.’’ (AP)

PERU

Child sacrifice site of antiquity found

LIMA — Archeologists in northern Peru say they have found evidence of what could be the world’s largest single case of child sacrifice. The pre-Columbian burial site, known as Las Llamas, contains the skeletons of 140 children who were between the ages of five and 14 when they were ritually sacrificed during a ceremony about 550 years ago, experts who led the excavation said last week. The site is near the modern day city of Trujillo. (AP)

TURKEY

Ex-president says he won’t run again

ISTANBUL — Former Turkish president Abdullah Gul has announced he would not be running in early elections, dispelling rumors of his candidacy. Gul said in Istanbul on Saturday that he would have considered running as a presidential candidate had there been ‘‘widespread agreement and desire’’ for him to do so. Gul left politics in 2014 but his name is often floated as a possible competitor to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AP)

AZERBAIJAN

Former prospective Trump hotel burns

BAKU — A fire broke out Saturday in a high-rise in Azerbaijan’s capital that had been called a future Trump Tower, injuring at least four people. The blaze, which broke out on the top floor, burned about 20 of the 33 floors. The cause has not been determined. The Trump Organization withdrew its licensing agreement for the skyscraper after the 2016 election. (New York Times)