KHARTOUM -- At least 87 people allegedly killed by Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allies were uncovered from a mass grave outside West Darfur State's capital El-Geneinaa, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a press release Thursday.

The UN office said 87 ethnic Masalit and others were killed around June 13-21 in El-Geneina's Al-Madaress and Al-Jamarek districts, and included many victims of the violence that followed the killing of Khamis Abbaker, governor of West Darfur, on June 14 under RSF custody. (Sudan-Mass Grave)

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ISLAMABAD -- Nine soldiers were killed in an attack in the garrison area of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Wednesday, an army statement said.

The attack occurred early Wednesday morning when a group of heavily armed militants attacked the Zhob garrison of the province, the military's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement on Wednesday. (Pakistan-Attack)

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SYDNEY -- Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) on Thursday appealed for dashcam footage after a six-vehicle crash killed one and critically injured two in Sydney's northwest.

At about 1:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, emergency services were called to a multi-vehicle pile-up at the intersection of Blaxland Road and First Avenue, Eastwood, which involved a Mitsubishi SUV, a Holden Commodore, a Kia SUV, a Toyota sedan, an Audi hatchback, and a van. (Australia-Vehicle Crash)

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TOKYO -- Torrential rain pounded regions facing the Sea of Japan late on Wednesday, causing mudslides and leaving a city assembly member in Toyama Prefecture missing, local media reported.

Police are searching for Nobuhiko Akaike, a member of the Nanto assembly, on Thursday, fearing he may have been caught in a mudslide when he was moving around a neighborhood in the city of Nanto, Kyodo News said. (Japan-Heavy Rain) Enditem

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