BEIRUT -- The death toll of an Israeli airstrike on southern Beirut on Friday has risen to 37, the Lebanese Health Ministry said Saturday.

Civil defense teams are still searching for victims under the rubbles, the ministry said in a statement. (Lebanon-Israeli Airstrike)

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GAZA -- At least 22 Palestinians were killed and 30 others wounded on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced people in southern Gaza City, Gaza-based health authorities said.

The school was in the Zeitoun neighborhood and most of the casualties were children and women, the health authorities said in a brief statement. (Gaza Strip-Airstrike)

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TOKYO -- Unprecedented rainfall hit Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Saturday, leaving one person dead and seven missing, local media reported.

Prefectural authorities said one person died and seven were missing after being swept away by rivers in Suzu, Wajima and Noto, the three municipalities where an emergency rain warning was issued, public broadcaster NHK reported. (Japan-Heavy Rain)

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SEOUL -- Three men were killed in what is believed to be an arson attack at an inn in South Korea's North Chungcheong province, Yonhap news agency reported Saturday.

A fire broke out at the inn at about 1:44 a.m. local time (1644 GMT Friday), killing three men presumed to be long-term guests. The fire was extinguished in about an hour. (South Korea-Arson) Enditem

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