GAZA -- The Israeli army killed 86 Palestinians and wounded 131 others in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, raising the total death toll in the enclave to 29,692 and injuries to 69,879 since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on Oct. 7, 2023, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement Sunday.
It noted that many victims remain under the rubble due to heavy bombardment and a lack of civil defense and ambulance crews. (Gaza-Death Toll)
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PHNOM PENH -- The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won a landslide victory in the fifth election for the country's Senate, or the upper house of the parliament, on Sunday, a party spokesperson said.
CPP spokesperson Sok Eysan, citing preliminary results, said the CPP won the majority of the votes in the election. (Cambodia-Senate Election)
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NEW DELHI -- Two people, including a political leader in India's northern state of Haryana, were shot dead and a couple of security personnel injured in a firing incident on Sunday, confirmed a local police over the phone.
The firing incident occurred in Haryana's Bahadurgarh area, nearly 25 miles away from the Indian capital New Delhi. (India-Firing Incident-Politician)
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SANAA -- A man was killed and six members of his family were injured in Yemen's southwestern province of Taiz in Saturday's overnight airstrikes by the U.S.-British forces, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported on Sunday.
Following the airstrikes, Yemen's Houthi-controlled Saba news agency said "the American-British aggression airstrikes targeted the communications networks in the Shamir area of Maqbanah district, and in Haifan district," both in Taiz province. (Yemen-US Airstrikes-Casualty) ■
