BAGHDAD -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a Shiite militia group, on Sunday claimed responsibility for three drone strikes on sites in northern and southern Israel.

According to its statements, the group's fighters launched two drone attacks on sites in the occupied Golan Heights, and one drone attack on a site in the port city of Eilat in southern Israel. (Iraq-Israeli Sites-Drone Attacks)

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TOKYO -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is expected to lose its single-party majority in the House of Representatives in Sunday's general election, public broadcaster NHK said, citing its exit poll.

As of 8 p.m. local time, when polling stations closed, NHK forecasts showed that it is not clear whether the ruling coalition of LDP and its partner Komeito can secure a majority. (Japan-Lower House Election)

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KHARTOUM -- Four agricultural workers were killed and eight others injured in a collision between a pest-control spraying plane and a small auto in eastern Sudan's Gedaref State, a local official said on Sunday.

The incident occurred on Friday when a pest-control spraying plane was landing in an agricultural area while "its captain was surprised by the entry of a tuk-tuk, a small tricycle auto, onto the runway," Gedaref State's acting Minister of Agriculture, Ammar Suleiman, told Xinhua. (Sudan-Plane Collision-Death Toll)

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MANILA -- The death toll from tropical storm Trami that slammed into the Philippines this week has risen to 110, with at least 42 still missing, due to massive flooding and landslides, the Philippines' National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Sunday.

The disaster agency said Trami impacted over 5.9 million people across 16 regions across the Southeast Asian country. (Philippines-Trami-Death Toll) Enditem

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