GAZA -- At least 46 Palestinians were killed in Israeli gunfire and shelling across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, including 27 near an aid distribution center, said the civil defense in Gaza.
Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told Xinhua that 27 Palestinians were killed, and 180 others were injured by Israeli army fire while waiting for food near a U.S.- and Israeli-backed aid distribution center north of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Gaza-Israeli Attacks-Deaths)
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NEW DELHI -- At least two people were killed and eight others injured Saturday after a four-story building collapsed in the Indian capital territory, Delhi, officials said.
The building collapsed inside the congested area of Janta Colony in Seelampur. (India-Building Collapse)
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TEHRAN -- Three policemen have been killed in a clash with members of a "terrorist" group in Iran's southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, the official news agency IRNA reported Saturday.
The confrontation occurred on Friday in Chabahar County, where the militants engaged in an armed exchange with patrol officers. Four officers were injured during the clash, three of whom later died from their wounds, the report said. (Iran-Policemen-Death)
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YANGON -- Myanmar authorities have seized 26.4 kg of heroin in Sagaing region, Myanmar, the state-owned daily The Mirror reported on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a vehicle in Kalay township of Sagaing region on June 28 and confiscated the drugs, the report said. (Myanmar-Drug Seizure) ■
