NIAMEY -- Eight people died on the spot and another succumbed to injuries at a local hospital following two road accidents in Niger on Monday, reported the national television.

More than 100 were injured, including 30 in critical condition, said the report. (Niger-Accident-Road)

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WASHINGTON -- A man who allegedly attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump is now facing two federal gun charges in Florida, according to documents released Monday.

Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, faces charges of possessing a firearm as a felon and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. He was arrested Sunday after a Secret Service agent spotted a rifle barrel protruding from a fence at Trump International Golf Club in South Florida and confronted him. (US-Trump-Assassination)

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CANBERRA -- Federal authorities in Australia have charged three men over an alleged plot to import over 1 ton of liquid methamphetamine into the country in juice bottles.

The Australian Federal Police on Tuesday said that the men, aged 30, 35 and 43, from the northeastern state of Queensland have each been charged with attempting to possess a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported border-controlled drug. (Australia-Methamphetamine-Arrest)

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VLADIVOSTOK -- A Robinson R66 helicopter carrying three people has gone missing in the Amur region in Russia's Far East, local media reported on Tuesday.

According to the regional press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the helicopter activated its emergency beacon signal on Monday. Search and rescue operations are currently underway. (Russia-Helicopter-Missing) Enditem

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