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GAZA -- At least 33 Palestinians were killed on Friday evening by an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Gaza government media office said.
Among the killed were 21 women, and total fatalities may reach 50 due to many victims trapped under rubble and buildings. The bombing injured over 85 people, some of whom sustained serious injuries, the media office said in a statement. (Gaza Strip-Israeli Attack-Fatality)
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SEOUL -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said it had discovered remains of a drone identical to a military unmanned aerial vehicle that South Korea showed during the Armed Forces Day parade, calling it decisive material evidence to prove South Korea committed a hostile provocation in violation of the country's sovereignty, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Saturday.
A spokesman for the DPRK Ministry of National Defense said on Friday that the Pyongyang Municipal Security Bureau of the DPRK Ministry of Public Security on October 13 discovered the remains of a crashed drone during a search operation in Pyongyang, the KCNA said. (DPRK-South Korea-Drone)
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ROME -- Italy has been affected by heavy rainfalls and flooding in the last 24 hours, with risk warnings issued for several regions across the country, according to local authorities and emergency services.
According to firefighters, in the central Emilia Romagna region, at least three households had to be evacuated in Bologna province after a local river burst its banks. (Italy-Floods)
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ADDIS ABABA -- The death toll from Africa's ongoing mpox outbreak has reached 1,100, with a total of 42,438 cases, including 8,113 confirmed ones, since the beginning of 2024, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
During an online media briefing Thursday evening, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said that the African continent reported 3,051 new cases and 50 new deaths in the past week alone. (Ethiopia-Africa CDC-Mpox Update) Enditem
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