MOSCOW -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a phone conversation on Tuesday with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi to discuss the situation in the Middle East.
The two sides exchanged views on the regional situation, which has sharply deteriorated following the unprovoked aggression by the United States and Israel against Iran, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. (Russia-Iran-FM Talks)
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NAIROBI -- At least 49 people have died, thousands displaced, and property destroyed, since March 6 when heavy downpour triggered massive flooding in more than a dozen Kenyan counties, including the capital, Nairobi.
As of Tuesday, flooding had killed 49 people, displaced over 2,600 families, and claimed more than 600 livestock countrywide, while the search for the missing had intensified, according to a multi-agency response secretariat. (Kenya-Floods-Resilience)
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BEIRUT -- Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon since late Monday have killed at least 10 people and wounded several others, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported Tuesday.
Eight people were killed in an Israeli strike in the Nabatieh district, and two died when an Israeli drone hit a car in the Tyre district, the NNA reported. (Lebanon-Israeli Strikes-Deaths)
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MANILA -- Four people were killed and two others were critically injured after a wing van truck collided with a motorcycle in the central Philippine city of Cebu on Tuesday, police said.
Police said the crash occurred on Tuesday afternoon, involving a motorcycle carrying three people and a wing van truck with a driver and two crew members. (Philippines-Crash-Death) ■
