TRIPOLI -- Overnight violent clashes in the Libyan capital Tripoli killed at least six people, an emergency medical service said Tuesday.
"The Recovery Unit at the Emergency Medicine and Support Center has recovered six bodies from the areas of the clashes around the Abu Salim district (southern Tripoli), after the situation stabilized relatively," the Emergency Medicine and Support Center said in a statement. (Syria-Clash)
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KABUL -- Two children lost their lives as an explosive device left over from past wars went off in Qadis district of western Afghanistan's Badghis province late Monday, a local police official reported on Tuesday.
The kids found a toy-like object and began playing with it, but the device exploded, killing the children on the spot, provincial police spokesman Sediqullah Sediqi said. (Afghanistan-Incident-Blast)
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KIEV -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will not meet with any Russian official other than President Vladimir Putin in Türkiye, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Tuesday, citing Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak.
According to Podolyak, a lower-level bilateral meeting in Istanbul would be "pointless," as Russian ministers likely lack the authority to make substantive decisions. (Ukraine-Russia-conflict)
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NEW DELHI -- At least 14 people died and six others were hospitalized after consuming spurious liquor in the northern Indian state of Punjab, officials said Tuesday.
The deaths took place in Majitha area of Amritsar, the Sikh holy city in Punjab. (India-Liquor Deaths) ■
