WINDHOEK -- Namibia's founding President Sam Nujoma died aged 95 on Saturday, the country's President Nangolo Mbumba announced in a statement on Sunday morning.

Mbumba said that over the past three weeks, the founding president had been hospitalized in the capital city of Windhoek for medical treatment and observation due to ill health. (Namibia-Founding President)

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SEOUL -- A 139-ton fishing vessel sank off the coast near South Korea's Yeosu on Sunday, leaving four dead and five missing, according to Yonhap news agency.

It was reported that the fishing trawler from the country's southeastern port city of Busan disappeared from radar in waters off Yeosu, some 380 km south of the capital Seoul, at about 1:41 a.m. local time (1641 GMT Saturday). (South Korea-Vessel Accident)

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DAKAR -- At least 25 civilians were killed and 13 others injured in a suspected terror attack Friday in northern Mali, the Malian Armed Forces said.

A "terrorist group consisting of multiple armed individuals" ambushed a convoy escorting civilians near the northern Malian city of Gao, the army said in a statement Saturday. (Mali-Attack-Deaths)

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VILNIUS -- Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia synchronized their power grids with Western Europe on Sunday afternoon, the Baltic News Service (BNS) reported.

The three Baltic countries disconnected from the BRELL energy network, which comprises Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, on Saturday morning and operated in isolated mode until Sunday afternoon. (Baltic States-Synchronize-Electricity) Enditem

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