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In Yemen, Houthi forces launched a missile strike on Aden airport, with at least one projectile hitting the runway just minutes before a Cairo-bound flight was scheduled to land. Saudi air defenses intercepted a separate missile near Riyadh. The attack marks another sharp escalation in a conflict that continues to destabilize the region and threaten civilian aviation.
Meanwhile, in the energy corridors of Central Asia, Russia's ongoing fuel crisis — driven in part by Ukrainian strikes on its energy infrastructure — may be quietly opening a door for Iranian oil. Iran has struggled for years under US export pressure, but regional necessity has a way of rewriting political calculations, and landlocked Central Asian buyers are paying close attention.
And on a quieter but culturally significant note, legendary Chinese director Zhang Yimou offered the first real glimpse of his adaptation of the science fiction epic The Three-Body Problem at the Busan International Film Festival. First announced at Shanghai in two thousand twenty four, the project has been largely silent — but Yimou's involvement signals serious ambition for one of science fiction's most celebrated modern stories.
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