JAKARTA -- At least seven people were killed and three others injured due to landslides and flash floods that struck a traditional gold mine and surrounding areas in Indonesia's Gorontalo province, a senior disaster agency official said on Sunday.

The incident occurred at midnight at the gold mine located in Bone Bolango regency and seven bodies were found, said Achril Babyonggo, head of the operational unit of the disaster management and mitigation agency in the regency. (Indonesia-Flash Floods-Deaths)

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GAZA -- Ehab al-Ghussein, undersecretary of the Hamas-run Ministry of Labor, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the west of Gaza City on Sunday, said Palestinian sources.

Israeli forces targeted a house west of the city in the northern Gaza Strip, killing four Palestinians, including the senior official, Palestinian security sources told Xinhua. (Gaza-Israeli Strike-Hamas Official Killing)

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DAMASCUS -- A total of 13 people were killed and 37 others injured on Sunday in a traffic accident on the southern entrance bridge to the central Syrian province of Homs, according to a statement by the Syrian Interior Ministry.

The incident occurred on the Homs-Damascus highway when a bus, carrying passengers from the northwestern province of Latakia to the capital Damascus, overturned at a diversion bridge on the highway. (Syria-Traffic Accident-Deaths)

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KATHMANDU -- At least 15 more people have been killed in landslides and floods in Nepal in the past two days, police said on Sunday.

Incessant monsoon rains since Friday evening have created havoc across Nepal, leaving 15 dead, two missing and 17 others injured in landslides and floods, said Dan Bahadur Karki, the spokesperson for Nepal Police. (Nepal-Disasters-Deaths) Enditem

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