ABUJA -- At least 41 bodies were recovered, and 12 others rescued after a wooden boat capsized in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara, local authorities said on Sunday.

The boat carrying more than 50 passengers and crew capsized on a river near Gummi, a town in the Gummi local government area of Zamfara, shortly after leaving the shore on Saturday, Suleiman Gummi, a national legislator representing the Gummi-Bukkuyum constituency in Nigeria's Federal House of Representatives, told reporters on Sunday. (Nigeria-Boat-Capsize)

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PARIS -- Eight migrants died while attempting to cross the English Channel from France between Saturday night and Sunday morning, France's Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea said on Sunday.

Besides the 8 deaths, six other people were found in relative critical conditions, the French news channel BFMTV reported, citing Jacques Billant, prefect of France's northern department of Pas-de-Calais. (France-Migrants-die)

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WARSAW -- One person was killed and thousands were evacuated due to continuous rainfall in southern Poland, said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at a press conference on Sunday.

By Sunday morning, 1,600 people had been evacuated from Klodzko, a town in southern Poland, due to severe flooding caused by continuous rainfall. (Poland-Rainfall-Evacuate)

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AMMAN -- The government of Jordan's Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh submitted its resignation on Sunday after the parliamentary elections, the state-owned Al Mamlaka TV reported. (Jordan-Prime Minister-Resignate) Enditem

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