BEIRUT -- The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Lebanon over the past 24 hours reached 36 while injuries stood at 150, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported on Tuesday night.

Six people were killed and eight others wounded in the Bekaa region, while in the Nabatieh governorate, there were 30 fatalities and 121 injuries, it said. (Israel-Lebanon-Death toll)

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KAMPALA -- Another 33 people have tested positive for mpox in Uganda, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the country to 69, a health official said here Tuesday.

Daniel Kyabayinze, director of public health at the Ugandan Ministry of Health, told Xinhua over the telephone that the new cases were reported in the 11 affected districts and were mainly driven by sex. (Uganda-Mpox-Health)

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ABUJA -- A total of 11 injured victims were rescued and 21 others were declared missing after two wooden boats collided in Nigeria's southwestern state of Lagos, the police said Tuesday.

Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesman in Lagos, told the media on Tuesday that the two ferries, each carrying 16 passengers and crew, capsized in the middle of the lagoon after colliding at Imore, a town in the Amuwo-Odofin local government area, on Monday night. (Nigeria-Boat accident-Death toll)

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OSLO -- The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) raised the national terror threat level from moderate to high on Tuesday, the second-highest level in the country. In response to the heightened threat, police across Norway will be armed.

The increased threat specifically concerns Jewish and Israeli interests within Norway. "The threat against Jewish and Israeli targets has intensified," said Eirik Veum, senior advisor at PST, in an interview with national broadcaster NRK. He attributed the increased concerns to the ongoing escalation of conflicts in the Middle East. (Norway-Middle East-Terror threat) Enditem

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