Armenia-Azerbaijan, Somalia, Ethiopia.

Today's three stories you should know.

Armenia-Azerbaijan

Armenia and Azerbaijan are blaming each other for clashes on their border that the rivals say killed 99 troops. Armenia’s defence ministry said Azerbaijani forces launched a cross-border attack using “artillery, mortars, drones and large-calibre rifles” and that 49 of its soldiers had been killed. Azerbaijan said it was responding to “large-scale provocations” and lost 50 troops. Whoever is to blame, the fresh fighting is worrying and the worst to erupt since the neighbors fought a war in 2020 over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which they have both claimed for decades.

More from AP here.

Somalia

Had to dig deep to find mention of this story. As big media organizations continue to focus on the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, the United Nations says half a million children are expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition this year in Somalia. James Elder, a spokesman for the UN children’s agency, said 700 children had died in feeding centers just last week and called the situation “a pending nightmare.”

More from BBC here.

Ethiopia

The Ethiopian government has launched drone strikes on the capital of its Tigray region, according to local officials, as a ruinous two-year-long civil conflict continues. The air raids came after the TPLF, which governs the Tigray region and is at war with central authorities in the capital Addis Ababa, said it was ready to call a truce without preconditions and that it would accept the African Union as a mediator.

More from Reuters here.