Israel has bombed the airport in Yemen's capital Sanaa. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN staff were present at the airport when the attack took place on Thursday (December 26). However, they are safe.

On Friday (December 27), the BBC reported that the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced his safe location on social media.

In the post, he wrote that he and the staff were about to board the plane when the bomb hit the airport.

He also wrote, (in the Israeli attack) one of our crew members was injured. At least two were reported killed at the airport. Other UN staff stationed at the airport is also safe. However, their journey was delayed.

In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that they targeted Houthi military installations on the west coast and inside Yemen. This led to airstrikes targeting Sanaa International Airport, Hejiaz and Ras Qanatib Power Stations, and Al-Hudaydah, Salif and Ras Qanatib Airports on the west coast.

The WHO chief visited Yemen to secure the release of UN staff members who were held captive. He also went to assess the health and humanitarian situation in the war-torn country. He said that their work was completed on Thursday. Then they were about to board the plane from the airport when the attack occurred. It damaged the airport's air traffic control tower, runway and some infrastructure. 

Dozens of people have died in a passenger plane crash in Kazakhstan, local officials said. So far, 25 people have been rescued alive.

The British media outlet BBC reported this information on Wednesday (December 25).

A passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, with 67 passengers and 5 crew members on board, the BBC reported, citing local officials in Kazakhstan. Dozens of people have died. The number may rise.

Meanwhile, the country's Ministry of Emergency Services said in a statement that 25 people have been rescued alive so far. Of these, 22 have been identified. Rescue operations are still ongoing.

The plane was carrying passengers from Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. However, there were more Azerbaijani citizens.

Citing Russian news agencies, Reuters reported that the plane belonged to Azerbaijan Airlines. It was flying from Baku to Grozny in Chechnya, Russia. However, fog forced the plane to change direction in Grozny.

Kazakh authorities have launched an investigation into possible causes of the crash, including technical problems, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.

Azerbaijan Airlines said that flight J2-8243, an Embraer 190, had taken off from the Azerbaijani capital Baku for the city of Grozny in Chechnya, Russia. But the plane was forced to make an emergency landing about 3 kilometers from Aktau in Kazakhstan.

Embraer told the BBC that it was "ready to assist relevant authorities with rescue operations."

However, the BBC has not yet received a comment from Azerbaijan Airlines, which said it was continuing to contact them.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who was visiting Russia shortly after the plane crash, returned home. He was scheduled to attend a summit in Russia on Wednesday.

Pakistan has launched a massive airstrike in Afghanistan. At least 15 people have been killed. It is claimed that women and children are among the dead.

On Wednesday (December 25), Indian news agency ANI and Afghan media outlet Khaama Press reported this information in separate reports.

According to the report, at least 15 people, including women and children, were killed in a series of airstrikes by the Pakistani military in the Barmal district of Paktika province in Afghanistan. It is feared that the death toll may rise further.

A Khama Press report says that Pakistan launched these airstrikes on seven villages including Laman in the Barmal district of Paktika province on Tuesday night. Five members of a family were killed in the attack.

The airstrikes have caused serious casualties and widespread destruction to civilians, which have further increased the ongoing tension in the region.

Meanwhile, after the airstrikes in Afghanistan, the Taliban's Defense Ministry has condemned the attack and vowed to take revenge.

Pakistani officials have yet to officially confirm the airstrike.

The Pakistani Taliban, or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has stepped up attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent months, and Pakistan has long accused the Afghan Taliban of harboring the militants. 

India’s Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that Bangladesh has sent a diplomatic note seeking the return of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Responding to questions from reporters at the weekly briefing on Monday (December 23), he said, “We have received a diplomatic note from Bangladesh seeking the return of Sheikh Hasina. However, he refused to comment on the matter.

Earlier, Bangladesh had written to the country’s Home Ministry to bring ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back from India, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Towhid Hossain had said.

Towhid Hossain said, “We have clearly informed India. We have informed India that we want Sheikh Hasina back for the sake of justice.”

In response to a question from reporters about what the process of seeking her return could be, he said, “Through a note verbale (diplomatic letter) to the Indian government.”

Earlier, at a function held in Peelkhana on Monday, Home Affairs Adviser Lt. Gen. (Rtd) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said that a letter has been sent to the Foreign Ministry to take necessary measures to bring ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back to the country.

He said that a letter has been sent to our Foreign Ministry regarding her return. The matter is under process. In response to a question, the Home Affairs Adviser said that there is an extradition treaty with India. The Government of India will be asked to return Sheikh Hasina according to that agreement.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has been in India since leaving the post of Prime Minister on August 5 and fleeing there. Although some of her party's senior leaders have been arrested, most are still in hiding.

The Awami League government formed the International Crimes Tribunal in 2010 to try crimes against humanity in 1971. Now, the interim government has taken the initiative to try the Awami League government's repression of the student and public movement as 'genocide'.

During the student and public protests from July 5 to August 5, many allegations of 'genocide and crimes against humanity' were submitted to the tribunal's investigation agency and prosecution office across the country.