MOSCOW -- Moscow on Monday accused Kiev of breaching a declared three-day ceasefire, claiming 23,802 violations across Russia's special military operation zone.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukrainian armed formations carried out strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles and shelled Russian military positions. (Russia-Ukraine-Accusation)
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MOGADISHU -- At least 31 people were killed and 30 others injured in inter-clan fighting that broke out in northern Somalia's Laashimo Valley last week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) confirmed on Monday.
The fighting, which occurred between May 6 and 7, displaced approximately 9,000 people, 85 percent of whom are women and children, according to the latest UNHCR situation report. (Somalia-Clashes-UNHCR report)
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JERUSALEM -- Israel said on Monday it launched an interceptor at a surface-to-air missile fired toward an Israeli Air Force aircraft operating over southern Lebanon, triggering alerts in Israel's Mediterranean coast.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the missile, saying in a statement that it targeted an Israeli army drone in the skies of the Tyre region. (Israel-Lebanon-Fire)
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ABUJA -- All 11 occupants of a vehicle were killed after it fell off a bridge along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway in Nigeria's southwestern Ogun State late Sunday, traffic police said on Monday.
According to a statement by Oludare Ogunjobi, commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun State, the occupants were trapped inside the vehicle following the crash, and rescue workers had to cut open the vehicle to recover the bodies. (Nigeria-Car accident) ■
