GAZA -- At least 27 Palestinians were killed on Thursday as Israeli forces continued to pound targets across the Gaza Strip, with a focus on the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.

Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza reported receiving 16 bodies and 55 injured individuals since the morning, following heavy air and artillery strikes in the Nuseirat area. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)

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KAMPALA -- Nine bodies have been recovered, and more fatalities are feared following landslides in Uganda's eastern district of Bulambuli, an official said on Thursday.

Ramazan Twalla, the assistant chief administrative officer for Bulambuli, told Xinhua over the phone that the landslides swept through three sub-counties on Wednesday night, burying around 40 houses. (Uganda-Bulambuli-Landslide)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Flooding has displaced 60,099 people in several states in Malaysia's north and east coast areas as of 8 p.m. local time on Thursday.

The worst affected area was Kelantan state, with 49,048 people being housed in 207 flood relief centers, according to the country's social welfare department. (Malaysia-Flooding)

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WASHINGTON -- Several of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet and administration picks were targeted by bomb threats and "swatting incidents," the Trump transition team said Wednesday.

"Last night and this morning, several of President Trump's Cabinet nominees and administration appointees were targeted in violent, un-American threats to their lives and those who live with them," Trump transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. (U.S.-Trump-Nominees)

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ISLAMABAD -- The death toll of sectarian clashes in Kurram district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has exceeded 100, the hospital administration told media on Thursday.

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 Violence) Enditem

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