Attacks on ships around the Strait of Hormuz have continued as a war between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi militia intensified.

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At least 30 people were killed in a Russian strike on a commuter bus in the country’s east, officials said, a day after an attack on an apartment building far behind the combat zone killed 22.