MADRID -- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Saturday that an additional 5,000 soldiers and 5,000 police and Civil Guards would be deployed to southern and eastern Spain, where recent floods have caused severe damage.
The flooding, triggered by torrential rains from an Isolated Depression at High Levels (DANA) on Tuesday night and early Wednesday, has heavily impacted these regions. (Spain-Floods-Army)
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PORT SUDAN -- At least 18 people were killed and five others injured in two separate attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur State, western Sudan, on Saturday, according to a medical group and a government official.
The Sudanese Doctors Network reported that 15 people were killed and five injured in an RSF attack on the Bardik area and nearby villages. (Sudan-Conflict-Casualties)
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JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that it had killed Jaafar Khader Faour, the commander overseeing Hezbollah's missile and rocket operations in its Nasser unit.
The IDF reported that Faour was targeted and killed in a precision airstrike by an Israeli Air Force fighter jet in the village of Jouaiyya in southern Lebanon, without telling the time of the operation. (Israel-Hezbollah Commander)
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ABUJA -- More than 187 suspected terrorists were killed and 262 others arrested by the Nigerian military in various anti-terror operations across the country in the past week, local authorities reported.
Meanwhile, a total of 19 suspected terrorists surrendered to troops between Oct. 23 and Oct. 29 within the theaters of operation, Edward Buba, the spokesman for the Nigerian military, said in a statement sent to Xinhua in the capital city of Abuja on Saturday. (Nigeria-Military-Terrorist) ■
