Mokha's capture would bring the Iran-backed group closer to controlling the Bab al-Mandab Strait waterway, a key shipping route.

The attack in Pavlohrad city centre was the third Russian strike on a mall within days, local media report.

One pilot told the other about the aircraft's "excessive speed" but received an uneven response even as alarms sounded.

The paper said it stood by its reporting, after publishing extracts from a book where the claim appears.

The father had threatened to behead a female primary school teacher near Toulouse.

The tourist coach was carrying dozens of Dutch passengers when it overturned in the south-eastern Swiss Alps.