KHARTOUM -- At least 11 people, including three children, were killed and 17 others injured on Saturday in armed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, the capital of western North Darfur State, the non-governmental Sudanese Doctors Network announced in a statement.

It warned that the continued and escalating clashes in this densely populated city, which have been ongoing since May 10, would lead to a grave humanitarian disaster. (Sudan-Clashes-Death Toll)

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RABAT -- Two people died, and 14 are missing after a bus was swept away by floodwaters in Morocco's southern Tata province on Friday, state news agency MAP reported on Saturday.

Thirteen people were rescued from the bus, which was caught in flooding triggered by intense thunderstorms and heavy rainfall, according to local government officials. (Morocco-Flood)

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GAZA -- Four employees of the Gaza-based health authorities were killed on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a warehouse in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, the health authorities said.

In a press statement, the health authorities said that four of its workers died and six others injured in the attack on their warehouse in the Musbah area, north of Rafah. (Gaza Strip-Israeli Attacks-Casualty)

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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) Enditem

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