RT News - March 16 2024 (17:00 MSK)

US airstrikes in Yemen reportedly kill at least 31 people, after President Trump orders a massive bombing campaign against the Houthi militants - while also threatening Iran. South Africa's ‘Economic freedom fighters' party is calling on the country's president to stand up to US bullying as Washington expels Pretoria's ambassador. Distressing images ahead in the week's top stories - mass executions with shocking brutality in Syria as religious minority members are apparently targeted by the country's Islamist authorities - who had promised peace after they toppled Assad.