HAVANA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and another was injured after part of an abandoned structure collapsed Wednesday at No. 1 secondary school in the municipality of Remedios in Cuba's central Villa Clara province, local media reported Thursday.The bodies of the two victims, who had not been identified, were recovered from the rubble at about 6:50 a.m. local time Thursday.The injured person was rescued shortly after midnight and transported in stable condition to a local university hospital.The rescue operation involved about 100 personnel, including specialized units from the Interior Ministry, firefighters, the Red Cross and the armed forces, with support from local authorities.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Civilians in Gaza continue to face intense military strikes, shelling, gunfire and naval fire from Israel, among other threats to their safety, UN humanitarians said Thursday.The UN Children's Fund said Thursday that at least 300 children have been killed in Gaza in the past 300 days since a ceasefire was announced in October 2025, amounting to an average of one child every day.As children continue to live under difficult conditions -- including overcrowded shelters and limited access to safe water and health services -- the UN and humanitarian partners are doing what they can to scale up assistance, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).Last week, partners supporting child protection services distributed more than 800 hygiene kits, along with water containers and detergent, to 50 displaced families, including children and caregivers. They also provided 300 child identification cards and 500 notebooks for children, said OCHA.Last month, partners provided more than 500 children with disabilities with cash assistance, assistive devices, walkers, diapers, medical mattresses and rehabilitation services, said the office.As part of efforts to address gender-based violence, partners reported the opening last week of a new safe space in North Gaza governorate. The facility offers women and girls a confidential space to seek support and share experiences, said OCHA.Across Gaza, some 8,400 women and girls take part in activities at 85 safe spaces every week, said the office. Humanitarian organizations stress that to open more safe spaces and reach more people, they need additional funding and safe access to all areas.In the West Bank, a group of Israeli settlers reportedly set fire to homes in the Palestinian community of Tuba in the Masafer Yatta area of Hebron on Wednesday night. Three families, including 14 children, were displaced and sought safety with relatives and neighbors. Several people were i...

DAMASCUS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Fourteen people were injured, including three in critical condition, when an explosion struck a public transport minibus in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana on Thursday, Syrian health authorities said.The blast occurred inside the minibus near the al-Rawda junction in Jaramana, southeast of the Syrian capital.Initial reports suggested the explosion had caused fatalities. However, Tawfiq Hisaba, director of the Rural Damascus Health Directorate, later clarified that body parts transferred from al-Razi Hospital to the forensic medicine department at al-Mouwasat Hospital were severed limbs from injured patients, rather than remains of deceased victims as initially believed.Hisaba told the state-run al-Ikhbariya TV that the final toll stood at 14 injured, including seven admitted to Damascus Hospital. Three of the injured were in critical condition and required surgical intervention.Authorities had yet to announce the cause of the blast.No group immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion.

RIYADH, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Friday that 11 civilians were injured in Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia's Najran.Coalition spokesman Turki Al-Malki said on X the attack that took place on Thursday injured seven Saudi nationals, among them a woman and a four-year-old child who sustained second-degree burns, in addition to one Yemeni, two Egyptians and one Pakistani national.Al-Malki said the Houthi group carried out the attacks using indiscriminate projectiles against civilian objects, describing the acts as a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.He said the coalition would continue taking deterrent measures against such attacks to ensure the protection of citizens.In recent days, the Houthis have claimed multiple attacks on Saudi targets, saying they were carried out in response to what the group described as an alleged Saudi blockade of Houthi-held areas.