Two Rescued from Tunnels in Nepal, Houthis Clash with Government Forces in Taiz.

0:00Al Jazeera podcasts. Search crews in Nepal have found two workers alive in a tunnel at a hydropower plant. The rescue comes nine days after devastating floods in the Himalayas. The two men are among hundreds of workers missing since the partial collapse of a glacier sent a torrent of ice and debris down a river. This was the moment one of the men was pulled out from the tunnel network. A medical team has been checking them at the site. And search missions are underway at several hydropower sites. Rescuers are focusing their efforts on tunnels along the Trishuli River, including at the Chili Meat Plant. And they're searching for a three site. They're searching three sites, including Trishuli 3a, where those two workers were found alive. Underway in Yemen, between the Ansarullah Hothis and the internationally recognized

1:02government, they're fighting for control of an area on the Red Sea. The shoot, the conflict began early on Thursday when the Hothis reportedly launched attacks in ties in the southwest. Government forces say the group targeted a number of districts with 14 ballistic missiles. They say 18 Hothi fighters were killed and others wounded or captured. And as we mentioned, the fighting is in several areas along the border between the southern provinces of ties and Hodeida. The Hothis are trying to seize territory from government forces. They've also targeted Mocha on the Red Sea coast. The port city has come under attack several times in recent months. Sources have told Al-Jazira, the Hothis want to block the ties Mocha Road, potentially cutting off the city from the coast. There has been an apparent calming of tensions between Iranian and U.S. forces. It follows days of tit-for-tat strikes which threaten to drag the region back into widespread

2:06conflict. Despite this, few ships are transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The United States and Iran are making competing claims about who has greater control of that critical waterway.