DAMASCUS -- The Syrian constitution and parliament have reportedly been suspended for three months, according to Sawt al-Asima, a news outlet supportive of militant groups that overthrew Bashar al-Assad's government.

The outlet reported the development on Thursday, citing unnamed sources, but did not provide details on how the suspension would be implemented. There has been no official confirmation yet on the matter. (Syria-Constitution-Suspension)

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GAZA -- At least 38 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on different areas of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical and security sources said Thursday.

At least 10 people, including children and women, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building on al-Jalaa street in Gaza City, Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza, told Xinhua. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)

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MOSCOW -- Russia has modernized the naval component of the country's strategic nuclear forces, Navy Commander-in-Chief Alexander Moiseyev said on Thursday at an international Arctic forum in St. Petersburg.

Moiseyev said that the naval nuclear forces are based in the Arctic and the eastern region of Kamchatka while emphasizing that their combat readiness is currently at its highest modernization level. (Russia-Naval Nuclear Force)

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MANILA -- Three scouts died, and 12 others were injured after being electrocuted on Thursday morning while moving a tent in a campsite in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, police said.

Police Colonel Kimberly Molitas of the Zamboanga City Police told reporters that the accident happened when the metal tip of the canopy came in contact with a live electric wire. (Philippines-Boy Scouts-Deaths) Enditem

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