Xinhua
25 Dec 2021, 21:48 GMT+10
ATHENS -- The death toll after a refugee boat sank on Friday night near the Aegean Sea island of Paros has risen to 16, including an infant, Greek media reported on Saturday.
About 80 people were on board when the boat carrying refugees and migrants overturned, Greek national news agency AMNA reported. (Greek-Boat Sank-Deaths)
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The number of people who died in the massive floods in Malaysia has risen to 46 as of Saturday, authorities said.
Besides those confirmed dead, at least five other individuals have been reported missing, Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani told a media briefing. (Malaysia-Floods)
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TEHRAN -- At least 10 people died in a car accident on Saturday morning in Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
According to the Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences, the chain accident of five vehicles, one carrying workers of a company, in Ahvaz-Khorramshahr road left 10 dead and 13 injured, said the report. (Iran-Accident)
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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- Two militants were killed in a gunfight at a village in the Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday, a police official said.
The police official said, "Two militants were killed today in a fierce gunfight at Chowgam," a village in Shopian district, about 52 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
(India-Kashmir-Militants)
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