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BEIRUT -- Six people were killed and two others injured on Saturday in an Israeli drone strike targeting the al-Shaara area near the town of Janta in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.
The NNA also reported that Israeli warplanes were conducting intensive mid-altitude flights over southern Lebanon, while the Israeli military carried out a detonation operation in the village of Adaisseh, located in the eastern sector of the border region in southern Lebanon. (Israel-Lebanon-Raids)
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ADEN, Yemen -- At least two soldiers were killed, and several others wounded as Yemeni government forces repelled multiple attacks by Houthi group targeting the country's oil-rich province of Marib on Saturday, a military official told Xinhua.
"Defensive operations by the government forces were conducted across several combat zones in Marib as the Houthis intensified their attacks against the oil-rich province of Marib during the past 48 hours," the local military official said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Houthis-Clashes)
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KAMPALA -- The bodies of 18 soldiers from other African countries killed in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were transported to Uganda for post-mortem examinations on Saturday, an official said.
The remains of the deceased soldiers, who were part of the Southern African Development Community Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC), were transported overland and taken to the Mulago National Referral Hospital mortuary in Kampala for autopsy, Henry Okello Oryem, Uganda's minister of state for foreign affairs in charge of international cooperation, told Xinhua by telephone. (Uganda-SAMIDRC Soldiers-Autopsy)
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HELSINKI -- The Swedish government has announced plans to tighten firearm regulations and enhance school security following a deadly school shooting in Orebro.
The tragic event raises pressing concerns about gun legislation, according to a government statement on Friday. The statement stressed the need for stricter measures in the wake of the violence. (Sweden-Shooting) Enditem
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