LIMA -- At least 20 people were killed and seven others injured when a double-decker bus caught fire in the Peruvian capital Lima late Sunday, local media reported.

According to Peru21 news outlet and local TV channel Canal N, the long-distance bus was en route from Lima to the northern city of Chiclayo. (Peru-Bus-Accident)

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ALGIERS -- Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced a new caretaker government amid weeks of mass protests demanding his resignation, the country's national television said on Sunday night.

Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui, who took office on March 11, will head the new administration, the state TV reported. (Algeria-Bouteflika-Government)

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KIEV -- Ukraine held its presidential election on Sunday and a run-off is likely between actor Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko as none of the 39 candidates has won a majority and

A national exit poll showed on Sunday that Zelensky and Poroshenko gained the largest number of the votes, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency said. (Ukraine-Election)

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TUNIS -- Arab leaders strongly rejected the U.S. decision to recognize the Golan Heights as Israeli territory at the 30th Arab League (AL) summit in the Tunisian capital Tunis on Sunday.

They said in a statement that Arab states would submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council and seek an opinion from the International Court of Justice "on the illegality and invalidity of the American recognition," according to a Reuters report. (Arab Summit-Golan Heights-UN) Enditem

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