COLOMBO -- Two people died and 35 others were injured when a privately owned bus collided with a van at Habarana in Sri Lanka's North Central Province on Saturday, said police.

The injured have been taken to two regional hospitals for treatment, with the bus driver being arrested, the police said. (Sri Lanka-Accident)

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GAZA -- The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, released three Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of the fourth batch of an ongoing prisoner exchange and ceasefire deal.

The release took place in two separate locations in the war-torn Gaza Strip and was coordinated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). (Israel-Hamas-Hostages)

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ISLAMABAD -- Twenty-three terrorists have been killed in separate operations in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, the military said on Saturday.

The security forces conducted multiple operations in Balochistan after terrorists launched an attack by blocking roads in Kalat district of the province, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, said in a statement. (Pakistan-Counter terrorism)

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KHARTOUM -- At least 45 civilians were killed and 82 others injured in a shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Saturday on a crowded market in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, a volunteer group and a medical source said.

"The RSF militia committed a new massacre today (Saturday) with a deliberate bombing of the Sabreen Market in the Karari locality," the Al-Thawra Resistance Committee, a volunteer group, said in a statement. (Sudan-Paramilitary Attack-Casualty)

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DAMASCUS -- A car bomb explosion rocked the city of Manbij in northern Syria on Saturday, killing at least three people, state-run Al-Ekhbaria TV reported.

According to the report, the blast occurred near Sufaina Roundabout in central Manbij, a key urban hub in Aleppo province's eastern region, which has witnessed recurring violence in recent weeks. (Syria-Car Bombing-Deaths) Enditem

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