ROME -- The Italian government announced on Monday that it would extend border controls on arrivals from Spain for a further 15 days.
The measure, which took effect on Aug. 1 following a migration crisis in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, was extended because the circumstances that prompted Italy to reintroduce border controls remain, according to the Italian Interior Ministry. (Italy-Spain-Border Controls)
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NEW DELHI -- At least six people died, and eight were injured when their vehicle collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction in India's northeastern state of Assam, local police confirmed on Monday.
The accident was reported from the state's Kamrup district on the National Highway No. 27 late Sunday night. (India-Road Accident)
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GAZA/RAMALLAH -- Two Palestinians were killed and 11 others injured by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip on Monday, according to Palestinian medical and local sources.
Local sources and eyewitnesses said an Israeli drone fired a missile at the entrance of a residential building near the Municipal Park in central Gaza City. Palestinian medical sources told Xinhua that at least two people were killed and several others injured in the attack. (Gaza-West Bank-Israel)
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KINSHASA -- Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have surpassed 6,000, with nearly 3,000 deaths, according to the latest figures released Monday.
Local authorities reported that as of Saturday, the DRC had recorded 6,041 confirmed cases across six provinces, including 2,911 deaths, bringing the overall case fatality rate to 48.2 percent. A total of 1,366 patients have recovered. (DRC-Ebola-Death) ■
