GAZA -- At least 20 Palestinians were killed in Israeli bombings targeting two schools sheltering displaced civilians and a house in eastern Gaza City, Palestinian sources said on Thursday.

Local sources and eyewitnesses reported that Israeli aircraft carried out strikes on the Al-Karama and Sha'ban Al-Rayes schools, which were serving as shelters for displaced civilians, as well as a residential house in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City. (Gaza Strip-Israeli Strikes-Casualty)

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MAPUTO -- The death toll from Cyclone Chido in Mozambique has climbed to 73, with 543 individuals reported injured, the country's disaster relief agency announced on Thursday.

The cyclone, which struck the provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula, caused widespread devastation, displacing thousands and damaging critical infrastructure. (Mozambique-Cyclone Chido-Death toll)

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CAIRO -- Seven people were killed on Thursday when a fire broke out in a candle workshop in the city of Shubra El-Kheima in Egypt's Qalyubia governorate, north of the capital Cairo, official media reported.

The workshop was located on the first floor of a multi-story residential building, and the fire also damaged a room on the second floor, state-run Akhbar El-Yom newspaper reported. (Egypt-Workshop Fire-Deaths)

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ABUJA -- The death toll from a stampede at a children's carnival organized in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State in southwestern Nigeria, has risen to 35, police said Thursday.

Adewale Osifeso, the spokesman for the Oyo State police, told reporters in Ibadan that 35 minors had so far been "documented dead," while six others were critically injured and are receiving medical treatment. (Nigeria-Stampede-Death) Enditem

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