ISLAMABAD -- The death toll of sectarian clashes in Kurram district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has risen to 88, the hospital administration told media.

The violence erupted last Thursday when a convoy of passenger coaches carrying Shiite Muslims was ambushed in Parachinar area, leading to a heavy casualty.

(Pakistan-Sectarian Clashes)

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JAKARTA -- A total of 20 people have been killed in flash floods and landslides that occurred in Indonesia's North Sumatra province last Saturday, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported on Tuesday.

"As of today, the fatalities include 10 from Karo Regency, four from Deli Serdang, four from Padang Lawas, and two from South Tapanuli," said BNPB spokesperson Abdul Muhari in a press release. (Indonesia-Natural Disaster-Deaths)

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BEIRUT -- At least three people were killed and 16 others injured on Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike targeting al-Noueiri, a densely populated area in central Beirut, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported.

According to al-Jadeed local TV channel, the airstrike targeted and wrecked a residential building. (Lebanon-Israeli Airstrike)

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TOKYO -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted off Japan's western Ishikawa Tuesday, according to the country's weather agency.

The temblor occurred at 10:47 p.m. local time at a depth of 10 km, measuring lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in parts of the prefecture, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). (Japan-Quake) Enditem

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