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KUMASI, Dec 27 (Futball Surgery)- Yemen armed group Houthi claims to have struck, with a missile, Israel’s Ben Gurion airport and launched a drone attack on Tel Aviv early Friday in retaliation to Israeli airstrikes across Sana’a including the Sana’a International Airport Thursday. Houthi’s claim has gained some iota of truth after Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said their defence systems intercepted the ballistic missile before it hit Israeli airspace, though residents in the centre of the country were ordered into shelters for fear of falling debris. But Israel has not confirmed any drone attack on Tel Aviv. Both Middle East

South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly has voted to impeach the country’s acting leader, Han Duck-soo. The assembly approved the impeachment motion in a 192-0 vote on Friday. Governing party lawmakers boycotted the vote. Han, the No 2 official in South Korea, has been the caretaker leader after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached by the assembly over his short-lived imposition of martial law this month. Han’s impeachment further deepens South Korea’s political crisis and damages its international image. Author Philip K. Acquah View all posts

Nasa’s Parker solar probe is safe and operating normally after successfully completing the closest-ever approach to the sun by any human-made object, the space agency has said. The spacecraft passed just 3.8m miles (6.1m km) from the solar surface on 24 December, flying into the sun’s outer atmosphere – the corona – on a mission to help scientists learn more about Earth’s closest star. The agency said the operations team at the Johns Hopkins University applied physics laboratory in Maryland received the signal, a beacon tone, from the probe shortly before midnight on Thursday. The spacecraft is expected to send