DAMASCUS -- Ahmed al-Sharaa, head of Syria's de facto governing group and commander of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), met here with other Syrian military faction chiefs on Tuesday, during which they agreed to dissolve all factions and merge them under a unified defense ministry, Syria's state news agency SANA said in a statement.

The statement did not provide further details on the meeting, nor the agreement. (Syria-Armed Groups-Merge)

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DAR ES SALAAM -- The World Food Program (WFP) said on Tuesday preparations were underway to distribute 5,000 energy-efficient cooking stoves to Tanzanian refugee hosting communities in the western region of Kigoma.

The WFP said in a statement the distribution of the stoves was designed to reduce emissions, improve fuel efficiency, and ease the strain on local resources around refugee camps. (Tanzania-WFP-Energy)

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JAKARTA -- The Indonesian government plans to purchase more rice from farmers in 2025 to enhance their welfare and ensure food security, a minister said on Monday.

Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan said that the volume of rice purchases would increase from 2 million tons this year to 2.5 million tons next year. (Indonesia-Farmers-Food Security)

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RAMALLAH -- Two Palestinians, including a woman, were killed on Tuesday in Israeli bombing and gunfire on Tulkarm refugee camp in the northern West Bank, according to Palestinian sources.

Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that an Israeli drone bombed a gathering of Palestinians in the camp, whereas the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a brief statement that its crews received the dead body of an elderly woman. (West Bank-Israel-Attack) Enditem

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