UNITED NATIONS -- Hundreds of civilians are estimated to have been killed or injured, and at least 370,000 people have been displaced over the week of fighting in northern Syria, UN humanitarians said on Friday.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned the escalating hostilities in the north, which are expanding to other parts of the country, present a grave threat to the safety of civilians, and damage to infrastructure threatens the delivery of aid. (UN-Syria)

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BUCHAREST -- Independent presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has called on Romania's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) and Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) to disregard the Constitutional Court's (CCR) decision that annulled the presidential election, and to allow the voting process to continue.

In a statement issued late Friday night after consulting his legal team, Georgescu emphasized that while the CCR's decision is mandatory, there are no legal sanctions for failing to implement it. Georgescu topped the first round of the presidential election on Nov. 24 and is to face off against Elena Lasconi in runoff scheduled for Dec. 8. (Romania-CCR-Election)

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KIEV -- At least 12 people were killed and 39 others injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine on Friday, authorities reported.

Ten people lost their lives, and 20 others were injured when guided aerial bombs struck the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, igniting a fire at a car service station, said the State Service for Emergencies.

The blaze, which spread to an area of 250 square meters and damaged six vehicles, was extinguished. (Ukraine-Attacks-Deaths)

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OUAGADOUGOU -- Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore on Friday terminated the duties of Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the government.

According to a presidential decree read out on public television, "the duties of the prime minister are terminated" and "the government is dissolved." (Burkina Faso-Government) Enditem

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