BRUSSELS -- The eurozone's GDP stagnated in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2024, remaining unchanged from the previous quarter, according to a flash estimate published Thursday by Eurostat. Meanwhile, the European Union (EU) recorded slight growth of 0.1 percent.

In the third quarter of 2024, the eurozone and the EU registered 0.4 percent GDP growth. (Eurozone-GDP)

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BAKU -- Five people, including three minors, were killed in a hand grenade explosion in Azerbaijan's Aghjabadi district on Friday.

The explosion occurred after a young child discovered a grenade, brought it home, and triggered the device, according to local media reports. (Azerbaijan-Grenade Explosion)

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TEHRAN -- At least two people were killed and 19 others injured in a collision between a minibus and a semi-trailer truck on an intercity highway in Iran's northern province of Alborz on Thursday, the official news agency IRNA reported.

All those injured in the accident were transferred to the hospital by two helicopters and eight ambulances, IRNA quoted Ahmad Mahdavi, head of the emergency medical services department of Alborz University of Medical Sciences, as saying. (Iran-Traffic Accident)

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NAIROBI -- A light aircraft crashed in Kenya on Thursday evening, killing a foreign couple on board, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has confirmed.

KCAA Director General Emile Arao said on Friday that the Cessna 185 aircraft, which took off from Nairobi and was headed to Mbaruk in Nakuru County, went down in the lakeside town of Naivasha at around 5:14 p.m. (1414 GMT). (Kenya-Plane Crash) Enditem

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