ISLAMABAD -- At least 13 soldiers were killed and 29 others, including 19 civilians, injured in a terror attack on Saturday in North Waziristan district of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, security sources told Xinhua.
According to the security sources, a terrorist group attacked a military unit that was on its bomb disposal duties in the Khadi Market of the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. (Pakistan-Terrorism Attack)
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KINSHASA/WASHINGTON -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda signed a historic peace agreement in Washington on Friday, marking a turning point in efforts to end years of armed conflict and humanitarian crisis in Africa's Great Lakes region.
The signing ceremony was held at the U.S. State Department in the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, along with the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the DRC. Representatives from Angola, Togo, Qatar, and the African Union also attended the ceremony. (DRC-Rwanda-Diplomacy)
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GAZA -- At least 45 Palestinians were killed on Saturday in Israeli shelling and gunfire across the Gaza Strip, according to the civil defense.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense Authority, told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes on multiple civilian areas, including a popular market, a school, tents sheltering displaced persons, residential buildings, and public gatherings in various parts of the enclave. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's unemployment rate fell to 6.2 percent in the March-May period, the lowest level for the same period in the past decade, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reported Friday.
According to the IBGE, the rate declined by 0.6 percentage points from the previous rolling quarter (December 2024-February 2025), when it stood at 6.8 percent, and by 0.9 percentage points compared to the same period last year (7.1 percent). (Brazil-Unemployment)
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VLADIVOSTOK -- The Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok recorded its highest temperature in 55 years on Friday, which reached 31.4 degrees Celsius, local meteorological authorities said.
According to the Primorye Hydrometeorological Service, the previous temperature record for this date was set in 1970, at exactly 30 degrees Celsius. (Russia-Temperature-Record)
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MOSCOW -- Four people were killed in a light plane crash in a field near Moscow, the Moscow regional branch of Russia's emergency ministry reported on Saturday.
A fire broke out at the crash site, and preliminary investigation pointed to an engine failure as the likely cause. (Russia-Plane Crash) ■
