WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Secret Service reported Sunday that its agents shot a man near the White House after an armed confrontation.

The agency said that officials encountered the man's car and located him nearby with a firearm, leading to an armed confrontation. The incident occurred just west of the White House. (US-Secret Service-Shot)

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NEW DELHI -- At least four laborers died of suffocation and one fell unconscious Sunday while cleaning an underground water tank in India's financial capital city of Mumbai, civic officials said.

According to the city's civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the incident took place in the afternoon when five laborers entered the tank to clean it in Nagpada area of the city. (India-Mumbai-Tank Cleaning)

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JUBA -- South Sudan peace monitors on Sunday called for speedy investigations into the violence in Upper Nile State and the attack on a UN helicopter on Friday that led to the death of a UN personnel and dozens of soldiers.

The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC), which strongly condemned the violence in Upper Nile State and the attack on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) helicopter during an evacuation mission in Nasir County, urged the warring parties to cease hostilities and engage in dialogue to foster peace in the country. (South Sudan-Peace Monitors-Investigation)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf stressed on Sunday that his country would not wait for any letter from the United States to lift Western sanctions.

Speaking at an open session of parliament in Tehran, Qalibaf dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's claim of having sent a letter inviting Iran to negotiate its nuclear program, according to the ICANA news agency of the Iranian parliament. (Iran-U.S. Letter-Nuke Talks) Enditem

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