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DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis downed a U.S. MQ9 drone over al-Bayda province in southern Yemen, the Iran-aligned group's military spokesperson said in a televised statement on Tuesday.

Yahya Saree said the drone was targeted with a locally made surface-to-air missile and that videos to support the claim would be released.

The Houthis said last Friday they downed another U.S. MQ9 drone over the southeastern province of Maareb.

(Reuters) - European stocks inched lower on Tuesday, following losses in Asian equities as U.S. Federal Reserve officials tempered investor enthusiasm about potential interest rate cuts as they called for policy caution.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.3% by 0710 GMT, with gains in healthcare stocks more than offset by losses in banks and utilities.

Investors will focus on minutes from the Fed's last policy meeting and chip... (continue reading...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Taiwan jostled, unfurled banners and shouted at each other on Tuesday in a dispute about efforts to widen parliament oversight pushed by the opposition, despite the anger of the ruling party, which says there has been no consultation.

The squabble comes as Lai Ching-te took office on Monday as the new president, facing not only an angry China, which views him as a "separatist", but also a fractured parliament, after his... (continue reading...)

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's National Assembly said on Tuesday it will vote to dismiss To Lam from the post of Minister of Public Security, paving the way for him to be elected president in a later house vote.

To Lam, 66, was nominated last week by a top committee of the ruling Communist Party to become president, one of the top four posts in Vietnam's leadership. The assembly will vote on his candidacy as president on Wednesday.

By Stephen Nellis

(Reuters) - International Business Machines on Tuesday said that it will release a family of artificial intelligence models as open-source software, and that it will help Saudi Arabia train an AI system in Arabic.

The Armonk, New York-based company has taken a different approach to making money from AI than some of its rivals such as Microsoft and others that are tightly guarding their AI models and charging for access... (continue reading...)