Houthi reports 93 airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition, claims drone strikes on Saudi oil facilities

Yemen's Houthi group said on Wednesday evening that the Saudi-led coalition had launched 93 airstrikes on six Yemeni provinces over the past 24 hours, while claiming to have carried out drone strikes on Saudi oil facilities.

In a social media post, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the airstrikes targeted Lahj, Taiz, Al-Jawf, Hajjah, Marib and Dhamar provinces, bringing the total number of coalition air and missile attacks on Yemen to 4,765 since the latest round of escalation began in mid-July.

Sarea also said that the Houthis used a drone to attack an oil pumping station in the Yanbu area of Saudi Arabia on the same day, claiming the operation had achieved its intended target.

He denied Saudi claims that the coalition intercepted a Houthi drone over Mecca, a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.

Also on Wednesday, the Houthi-run health authorities released statistics showing that the coalition military operations since the military escalation in mid-July had killed 359 people and injured 780 others, totaling 1,139 casualties, with most of them being women and children.

Houthi reports 93 airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition, claims drone strikes on Saudi oil facilities

Houthi reports 93 airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition, claims drone strikes on Saudi oil facilities

Houthi reports 93 airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition, claims drone strikes on Saudi oil facilities

Tokyo stocks ended mixed Thursday, as selling of artificial intelligence- and semiconductor-related shares weighed on the benchmark Nikkei stock index, while buying of shares in companies that posted strong earnings supported the broader market.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 429.23 points, or 0.7 percent, from Wednesday to close at 60,819.36.

The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 7.94 points, or 0.2 percent, higher at 3,937.33.

Both indexes rose in the morning session, with buying of AI- and chip-related stocks continuing after a strong quarterly report from major U.S. data center operator CoreWeave Inc. revived confidence in AI spending, analysts said.

But selling of those shares picked up in the afternoon, dragging the tech-heavy Nikkei into negative territory.

The Topix rose for a fourth straight trading session, supported by investors turning to relatively undervalued domestic-demand stocks and to shares of companies reporting robust earnings.

Tokyo stocks end mixed on Thursday