ABUJA -- At least six people were killed and five others injured in a road accident involving multiple vehicles in Nigeria's southwestern state of Oyo on Monday, the traffic police said.

Mayowa Odewo, spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corps in Oyo, told reporters in the main city of Ibadan that two heavy-duty trucks, two tricycles, and a minibus had multiple collisions in the Amuloko area of the state, causing heavy traffic after the incident. (Nigeria-Accident)

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UNITED NATIONS -- UN peacekeepers will stay in all their positions in Lebanon in spite of the calls made by Israeli authorities to vacate the positions that are in the vicinity of the Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel, the UN peacekeeping chief said on Monday.

"The decision was made that UNIFIL (UN Interim Force in Lebanon) would currently stay in all its positions in spite of the calls that were made by the Israel Defense Forces to vacate the positions that are in the vicinity of the Blue Line," said Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN under-secretary-general for peace operations, after briefing the Security Council on the situation in Lebanon. (UN-Lebanon)

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CAIRO -- Twelve people were killed and 33 others injured on Monday when a bus overturned on a highway in Egypt's northeastern governorate of Suez, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population said.

The accident took place on Al-Galala-Ain Sokhna Road, the ministry said, adding that 28 ambulances were dispatched to the site, and the injured were transferred to hospitals in Suez for treatment. (Egypt-Bus Accident)

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NEW DELHI -- India on Monday asked six Canadian diplomats in New Delhi to leave the country by Saturday hours after it decided to withdraw its high commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma and other "targeted diplomats and officials" from Canada.

Canada has also announced expulsion of six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner. (India-Canada-Diplomatic Row) Enditem

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