PARIS -- Four migrants including a 2-year-old child died overnight Friday while attempting to cross the English Channel illegally, the French Pas-de-Calais prefecture said Saturday afternoon.

The incident was a "horrific tragedy that should make us all aware of the ongoing catastrophe", French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on the social platform X. (France-Illegal Immigrants)

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DAMASCUS -- A series of attacks across various locations in Syria on Saturday resulted in at least one death and three injuries.

Syrian state television reported that the country's air defenses were activated to intercept "hostile targets" over western Homs, a region often targeted by Israeli strikes and drone attacks from rebels positioned in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib. (Syria-Attacks-Death)

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DHAKA -- Nearly 300 people, mostly rural farmers, have been killed in lightning strikes in Bangladesh this year.

A total of 297 people including 242 men and 55 women died due to lightning strikes during the period from February to September this year. (Bangladesh-Lightning)

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ADDIS ABABA -- Ethiopian Airlines has announced the suspension of all flights to Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, until further notice due to the current situation in the region.

In an official statement issued Friday evening, the airline also announced that it has suspended all flights to Tel Aviv, Israel, until Oct. 7, 2024. (Ethiopia-Airlines-Suspension)

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WASHINGTON -- Leaked emails from senior officials in the State Department and Pentagon show White House ignored early warning of the humanitarian catastrophe and possible war crimes from Israeli offensives in Gaza, Reuters reported Friday.

The emails, dated Oct. 11 to 14, 2023, a few days into Israel's air strikes on Gaza following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, reveal that Washington was aware of the catastrophic humanitarian consequences yet chose to keep supplying munitions to Israel. They also show the White House's refusal to call for a ceasefire at the starting stage of the conflict despite the impending crisis internal experts clearly warned. (U.S.-Mideast-Email Scandal) Enditem

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