Arrangements Made for Normal Functioning of Azeri Embassy after Armed Attack - Tasnim News Agency

Top Iranian officials have made the necessary security arrangements to assure the normal operation of the Republic of Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran after an armed attack killed a staff member at the diplomatic site on Friday morning.

Death toll in DR Congo boat accident put at 72

At least 72 people are confirmed to have died after a motorized boat capsized last week in a river in Equateur province in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), authorities said Thursday.

Bomb blast in central Nigeria kills 27 herders

A group of 27 Fulani herders was killed Wednesday and several others were wounded when a bomb exploded in the village of Rukubi on the border between Nasarawa and Benue states in central Nigeria, police said.  

Several people killed in second mass shooting in California in days

 Seven people were killed in a mass shooting at two locations in the coastal northern California city of Half Moon Bay on Monday, and the suspect was arrested after driving to a police parking lot, apparently attempting to turn himself in, officials said.

2 students dead in shooting in US state of Iowa

Two students are dead after a shooting Monday in downtown Des Moines in the US state of Iowa.

Kosovo special forces open fire on Serb car — Serbian government

Kosovo police special forces (ROSU) opened fire on a car with two Serbs inside in the northern part of the region, the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija reported Monday.

Kyiv helicopter crash kills Ukrainian officials, children

Ukrainian officials have revised down the death toll from the helicopter crash near Kyiv.

Russia’s UN envoy reiterates that Dnepropetrovsk missile was shot down by Ukraine

 A Russian missile that fell in Ukraine’s Dnepropetrovsk recently, was shot down by Ukrainian air defenses, deployed in a residential district in breach of the international law, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya has said.

8 people shot at Martin Luther King Day event in Florida: Reports

At least eight people were injured in a shooting at an event Monday in the US state of Florida to commemorate civil rights champion Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., according to media reports.

Kremlin On Dnipro Building Collapse: Russian Military Not Striking Civilian Infrastructure

 Russian military is not striking civilian building and infrastructure facilities in Ukraine and the cause of the collapse of a residential building in the city of Dnipro was Kiev's interceptor missile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

Ukrainian shelling kills at least two people in Donetsk — authorities

At least two people were killed and four suffered wounds in a Ukrainian shelling attack on Donetsk on Monday, a spokesperson for the city commandant's office told TASS.

Arestovich said that a rocket fell on a residential building in Dnipro due to UA air defense

 

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At least 11 people killed in Philippine storms, more rains expected | Al Arabiya English

At least 11 people have died in storms across the Philippines in the past week, with more heavy rain expected in already sodden regions of the disaster-prone country, authorities said Tuesday.

Peruvian Prime Minister Says Riots In Puno Were Planned, At least 17 dead

Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola called the attack on the airport in the city of Juliaca in the Puno Region, where, according to the latest reports, 17 anti-government protesters died, a planned action and called on the prosecutor's office to find and punish those planning a coup.

Albanian in Kosovo opens fire on Serbs celebrating Christmas, Serbs block road after shooting

 

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New Storm Expected To Hit California Over Weekend After Severe Weather Kills Two

Another storm is expected to hit the US state of California over the weekend, the National Weather Service said on Friday, after reports of two weather-related fatalities.

Ukrainian rocket strike near Makeyevka in DPR kills 63 Russian servicemen

A Ukrainian rocket strike from the HIMARS multiple rocket launcher left 63 Russian servicemen killed in Makeyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Russia’s Defense Ministry told reporters on Monday.

New Years Fireworks Kill 2 People In Poland, Cause Almost 700 Fires

Two people died, and about 700 fires occurred in Poland due to New Year's fireworks, State Fire Service spokesman Karol Kierzkowski said on Sunday.

10 workers martyred in a terrorist attack in al-Taym oil field in deir Ezzor – SANS

10 workers were killed and 2 others injured in a terrorist attack that targeted 3 buses carrying workers in the al-Taym oil field in Deir Ezzor, SANA reporter reported .

Over 3,000 Corpses Found in Mariupol: Russia

 

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 Russia has found more than 3,000 killed civilians in Mariupol after taking control of the city, the Russian Investigative Committee said.