SYDNEY -- Five men have been arrested and charged after Australian police seized more than one ton of cocaine found on a boat off the country's east coast, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Sunday in a joint media release.
NSW police force and AFP officers intercepted the vessel on Friday morning, about nine nautical miles off the coast of Nambucca Heads in northern NSW. (Australia-Drug-Seizure)
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COLOMBO -- Over 20 were killed and some others injured as a bus plunged off a cliff in Kotmale in Sri Lanka's Central Province on Sunday morning, police said.
The injured were under close medical supervision in a hospital. (Sri Lanka-Road Accident)
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LATAKIA -- Massive wildfires breaking out on Wednesday in Syria have scorched more than 30 hectares of land in the countryside of the coastal province of Latakia, the Syrian Civil Defense said Sunday.
No injuries or damage to homes have been reported so far, and the cause of the wildfires has not been identified yet, it said. (Syria-Latakia-Wildfires)
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ANKARA -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed Sunday Türkiye's readiness to host peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, following Russia's proposed resumption of direct peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul.
Erdogan's message came during separate phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron, according to the statements by his office. (Türkiye-Russia-Ukraine-Talks) ■
