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QUITO -- The Foreign Ministry of Ecuador announced Friday that starting Saturday "consular services in Venezuela will continue to be served electronically and through the consulates in Bogota and Panama City," after the closure of the Ecuadorian consulate in Caracas.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility established an action plan after the closure of the Ecuadorian consulate in that territory to be implemented from Sept. 14," the ministry said in a statement, without explaining the reason for the closure of the consulate in Venezuela. (Ecuador-Venezuela-Relations)
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BEIRUT -- One person was killed and seven others were injured on Friday in an Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment in the town of Ahmadieh in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese military sources.
The military sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that an Israeli drone fired two air-to-ground missiles at a residential apartment in a two-story building at the western entrance of Ahmadieh, partially destroying the building. The attack resulted in one death and seven injuries, including four children. (Lebanon-Israeli Airstrike-Casualty)
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ANTANANARIVO -- Comorian President Azali Assoumani was slightly wounded with a knife in his country, according to a press release published by the presidency Friday.
While Assoumani was slightly wounded with a knife during a funeral, his injuries were not serious, and he has returned home, said the presidency. (Comoros-President Assoumani-Injury)
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TEHRAN -- Three Iranian border guards were killed and one civilian wounded on Thursday evening in a "terrorist" attack by gunmen in southeastern Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported Friday.
The three victims, one officer named Amin Narouei and two conscript soldiers named Parsa Soozani and Amir Ebrahimzadeh, were refueling at a gas station in Mirjaveh county when a group of "unidentified armed individuals" opened fire on them, Mehr quoted Mehdi Shamsabadi, prosecutor of the provincial capital of Zahedan, as saying. (Iran-Terrorist Attack-Death Toll) Enditem
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