WELLINGTON -- The death toll from the terror attacks on two mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch has risen to 50 as one more victim was found at one of the shooting scenes, the police said on Sunday.

Investigators found the victim while removing bodies from the Masjid Al Noor Mosque where more than 40 people were killed as a gunman stormed the mosque and went on a shooting rampage on Friday afternoon, Police Commissioner Mike Bush told a press conference. (New Zealand-Massive Shoot-Death Toll)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. envoy for Venezuela will meet with Russian officials on Venezuelan crisis, said the U.S. State Department on Saturday.

Elliott Abrams, the U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela, will meet with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and other Russian officials in Rome, the capital city of Italy, on March 18-19, said the State Department in a statement. (US-Russia-Venezuelan crisis)

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HARARE -- The Zimbabwe National Army has been deployed to rescue 197 pupils from St Charles Luwanga School in Chipinge, Manicaland Province following heavy rains and flooding caused by Cyclone Idai.

Two pupils from the school are among at least 24 people who have been confirmed dead as the cyclone wreaks havoc in the southeastern parts of the country. (Zimbabwe-Army-Rescue)

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PARIS -- French police arrested more than 200 people on Saturday after violence broke out in Paris in a fresh protest of "Yellow Vest" movement.

Paris department police said 237 people were arrested after groups of masked individuals plunged the capital's landmark avenue of the Champs Elysees into chaos. (France-Protest-Violence) Enditem

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