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Russia, Ukraine launch overnight missile

KYIV/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine pounded each other with heavy overnight missile attacks as diplomatic efforts to end the war faltered, with the White House saying there were no imminent plans for presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to meet.Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday that Russian attacks had killed six...

N Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles

SEOUL, Oct 22 (AFP): North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles on Wednesday, its first such launch in months and just a week before world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, descend on South Korea for a summit.Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had "detected several projectiles, believed to be...

Tough task ahead in disarming Hamas: Vance

JERUSALEM, Oct 22 (AFP): US Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday cautioned there were challenges ahead both in terms of disarming Hamas and rebuild Gaza as part of a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant movement."We have a very, very tough task ahead of us, which is to...

40 dead after 4 vehicles crash in Uganda

KAMPALA, Oct 22 (BBC/AFP): Forty-six people have been killed after several vehicles crashed on a major highway in Uganda, the police say.The police revised down an earlier death toll of 63, saying they had mistakenly included victims who were unconscious and were now being treated.The crash occurred when two buses...

31 killed as fuel truck explodes in Nigeria

ABUJA, Oct 22 (AP): A tanker truck laden with gasoline exploded Tuesday in north-central Nigeria, killing at least 31 people, police said.The explosion occurred in the Bida area of Niger State after the truck fell and as local residents rushed to the scene to scoop up spilling fuel, police spokesman...

Gunman kills opposition politician in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Oct 22 (AP): An unidentified gunman fatally shot an opposition Sri Lankan politician at his office Wednesday, making him the first politician killed in a spate of shootings that have gripped the island nation in recent months.Lasantha Wickramasekara, the head of the council of the coastal town of Weligama,...