Morning Briefing: Aug. 31, 2025

By Yasin Gungor

ISTANBUL (AA)- Here is a rundown of all the news that you need to start your Sunday, including Israel killing the Houthi prime minister; famine killing 10 more Palestinians in Gaza; and the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit to begin.

TOP STORIES

• Houthi prime minister killed in Israeli strike on Yemeni capital

Yemen’s Houthi group confirmed that the prime minister of its government was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the capital city of Sanaa.

The Houthis said Prime Minister Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahawi and several ministers were killed in the attack Thursday on the capital.

Several other ministers were injured in the strike, it added.

• Famine claims 10 more lives in Israel-blockaded Gaza

At least 10 more Palestinians, including three children, died from malnutrition caused by a choking Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said.

The ministry said new fatalities from malnourishment brought deaths since October 2023 to 332, including 124 children.

Famine has been confirmed in the Gaza Governorate of the Gaza Strip, and is projected to expand to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis governorates by the end of September, according to global hunger monitor Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).

• SCO summit to open in China

The 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Heads of State Council meeting will begin in Tianjin, China, with Chinese President Xi Jinping presiding as rotating chair.

Leaders from more than 20 countries will attend the two-day summit amid rising geopolitical tensions, including Israel's war on the Gaza Strip, the Ukraine crisis and international tariff disputes.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is participating as a guest of honor, alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders.

NEWS IN BRIEF

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the former head of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, Andriy Parubiy, was shot dead in Lviv.
• Seven Israeli soldiers were wounded after an armored personnel carrier they were traveling in ran over an explosive device on the outskirts of Gaza City, according to the Israeli Army Radio.
• Israeli media claimed an assassination attempt on Hamas military spokesman Abu Obeida.
• Eleven members from the Namibia Correctional Service, a police officer and two civilians were killed in a road accident in the south-central region.
• Three people were killed and 94 injured when a passenger train derailed in Egypt’s northern Matrouh province, the Health Ministry said.
• At least 11 people were killed and two are missing following a landslide and a cloudburst in the twin districts of Reasi and Ramban in Indian administered-Kashmir, officials said.
• EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas urged the US to reconsider a visa ban on Palestinian officials, citing international law and the UN's founding principles.