LONDON -- Downing Street on Sunday denied newspaper suggestions that British Prime Minister Theresa May could postpone Tuesday's vote in parliament on Brexit deal.

"The vote is going ahead" as planned, a spokesman for the prime minister said, adding that any other suggestions were "speculation". (UK-Brexit)

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PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron told his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump not to interfere in French internal affairs after Trump had taken a fresh swipe on twitter at "Yellow Vests" demonstrations, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian said on Sunday.

"I say to Donald Trump and the President of the Republic also told him: we do not take part in American debates, let us live our life of nation," Le Drian told RTL radio, Le Monde newspaper and LCI. (France-Trump-Tweets)

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KHARTOUM -- A helicopter carrying a government delegation in eastern Sudan crashed on Sunday, killing a state governor and other officials, Sudan's Ashorooq net reported.

The helicopter crashed and burned in the morning in the border area between Sudan and Ethiopia, which resulted in the death of Gadaref State Governor Merghani Saleh and five other officials, including Minister of Production Omer Mohamed Ibrahim, the report said. (Sudan-Plane Crash-Officials)

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NEW DELHI -- At least three terrorists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir, local media reported on Sunday. The gunfight lasted over 18 hours.

Those among the terrorists eliminated was a 14-year-old boy who had been missing from his house for past a couple of weeks. (India-Terrorists)

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JOHANNESBURG -- At least 15 people were killed on Saturday when a minibus collided with a smaller vehicle in South Africa's Kwazulu-Natal (KZN), authorities said on Sunday.

KZN Transport Department spokesperson Mluleki Mtungwa told Xinhua three of the victims were from the smaller vehicle and that the toll could rise as four seriously injured people are being treated in a nearby hospital. (S.Africa-Bus-Crash)

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MOGADISHU -- Somali security forces killed six al-Shabab militants during a joint security operation in Basra, southern Somalia, on Saturday night.

"A security operation carried out by the security forces in the Basra area killed six al-Shabab members, and the head of the group was arrested," the National Intelligence and Security Agency said in a statement.(Somalia-Security-Shabab)

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MAIMANA, Afghanistan -- A total of 10 militants including a Taliban key commander, Mawlawi Nasratullah, have been killed in the northern Faryab province, an army spokesman in the northern region, Ghulam Hazrat Karimi said Sunday.

"The security forces, acting upon intelligence report, attacked a Taliban gathering in Dawlat Abad district in the wee hours of Sunday, killing 10 rebels including a notorious commander, Mawlawi Nasratullah, on the spot," Karimi told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Commander) Enditem

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