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Sanaa (AFP) – Yemen’s Huthi rebels say they fired “several” missiles at a US warship in the Red Sea, adding that they consider all American and British ships “legitimate targets” so long as US-UK strikes on the Iran-backed group continues. The Huthis began targeting Red Sea shipping in November, saying they were hitting Israeli-linked vessels in support of Palestinians in Gaza, which has been ravaged by the Israel-Hamas war. The Red Sea is a key shipping transit route which carries up to 12 percent of global trade.

Bangkok (AFP) – Outside of the United Nations office in Bangkok, hundreds protest against Myanmar’s junta to mark the third anniversary of an army coup that ended the country’s fledgling democracy, repeatedly raising the three-fingered salute that has become a symbol of anti-coup demonstrations. The Southeast Asian country’s military is facing its toughest challenge since seizing power in 2021, with a coalition of armed ethnic minority groups making gains in the north.

Brussels (AFP) – Thousands of tractors clog the roads across Europe as the continent’s farmers take to the streets in protest. Many feel they can no longer make a living working the land, partly because of red tape and climbing costs associated with expanding EU regulations to meet climate targets.

Brussels (AFP) – Protesting over pay, tax and regulation, Belgium farmers are protesting in Brussels and have clogged roads around an EU summit taking place in the capital. Around 1,000 tractors are present, according to Belgian police. The European Union’s 27 leaders are gathering for a crunch summit on Ukraine aid. IMAGES

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Protesters outside Argentine Congress clashed with police using pepper spray during lower house debates on President Javier Milei’s comprehensive reform bill covering the economy, politics, and private life. COMPLETES VIDI34HB7VB_EN

Bangkok (AFP) – Hundreds of protestors gather outside the UN office in Bangkok on the third anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar. IMAGES

Saint-Vrain (France) (AFP) – About 100 organic farmers demonstrate in Bretigny-sur-Orge to demand better support for the sector, in response to a call from an organic farmers’ group in France.

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Police use teargas at protesters outside Argentina’s Congress in Buenos Aires as the lower house debates President Javier Milei’s mega-bill to reform the economy, politics and even some aspects of private life. (COMPLETE VIDI34HC4MG_EN) IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34HC4MG_EN

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Social movements protest outside Argentina’s Congress in Buenos Aires as the lower house debates President Javier Milei’s mega-bill to reform the economy, politics and even some aspects of private life. Milei’s so-called omnibus bill initially contained 664 articles, but has lost almost half of these in tough negotiations with the opposition, which largely outnumbers his party in Congress. IMAGES

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – More than 400 Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war are returned home in a trade between Kyiv and Moscow, a week after the crash of a Russian plane allegedly carrying captured Ukrainian soldiers threw doubts on future swaps.

Quebec City (AFP) – Gerald Cyprien Lacroix, Canadian cardinal and close advisor to Pope Francis denies accusations he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the 1980s. “I have decided to temporarily withdraw from the activities of my Diocese,” he adds.

Elota (Mexico) (AFP) – A collision between a double-decker bus and a truck has killed at least 19 people and left 22 injured in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, according to authorities. The accident occurred in the vicinity of the municipality of Elota, a tourist destination for mainly US and Canadian citizens who fish in the El Salto dam.