BAGHDAD -- The death toll of the ferry sinking incident in Tigris River in Iraq's northern city of Mosul on Thursday rose to 93, most of them women and children, the Interior Ministry said.

"We have 93 people killed in the sinking ferry in Mosul, and the search operations continued for more possible victims," Saad Maan, a ministry spokesman, said in a press release. (Iraq-Sinking-Death Toll)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraq on Thursday declared three-day mourning for the victims of the ferry sinking in the northern city of Mosul, which left at least 93 dead.

A statement by the media office of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who is on a visit to Mosul, some 400 km north of the capital Baghdad, declared "official mourning in all parts of Iraq and in the embassies and (diplomatic) representations of Iraq abroad for three days from Thursday." (Iraq-Ferry Sinking-Mourning)

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ADEN -- At least two people were killed when a booby-trapped vehicle exploded near a military checkpoint in Yemen's southeastern province of Shabwa on Thursday, a security official told Xinhua.

The four-wheel-drive vehicle, loaded with large quantities of explosive devices, went off near the military checkpoint in Markha district of Shabwa Province, leaving two people killed at the scene, the source said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Car Bombing)

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CAIRO -- Egypt's top Court of Cassation upheld on Thursday jail terms varying from three to 25 years against 262 loyalists of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group over violence.

The defendants have been accused of committing acts of vandalism and violence in response to the security dispersal of a sit-in in Giza against the ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. (Egypt-Jail Terms-Muslim Brotherhood) Enditem

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