HOUSTON -- Five people were killed and at least 21 people injured in an active shooting on Saturday afternoon in the Midland-Odessa area in the U.S. state of Texas, local police said on Saturday.

According to Odessa Police Department, one shooter -- a white male in his mid-30s -- was among the dead and "the threat has been contained." (US-Texas-Shooting)

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LIMA -- Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo requested assurance of a fair trial if he is extradited to Peru, his lawyer Heriberto Benitez said on Saturday.

The former president is not scared of going back to Peru but demands impartial justice be assured, Benitez said. (Peru-Toledo-Extradition)

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MEXICO CITY -- The death toll from a bar fire attack on Tuesday in eastern Mexico has reached 30, local authorities said on Saturday.

A 19-year-old male victim died in a hospital in Coatzacoalcos, the coastal state of Veracruz, increasing the death toll, Veracruz Health Ministry told Xinhua, adding that three other victims are still hospitalized. (Mexico-Fire Attack)

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SARAJEVO -- Milorad Dodik, a member of Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) presidency, said here on Saturday that he "fully understands and supports China in its efforts to maintain peace and stability in Hong Kong.

China uses the means that are commonly used by all other countries to maintain stability and safeguard territorial integrity, Dodik told BiH's Radio-Television of Republika Srpska. (BiH-China-Hong Kong) Enditem

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