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KIEV -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky bid farewell to 11 Ukrainians killed in a plane mistakenly shot down by Iran earlier this month, the presidential office said Sunday.

The president, along with Parliament speaker Dmutro Razumkov, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk and some other members of the government, arrived at Boryspil International Airport in Kiev to receive the bodies of nine crew members and two passengers. (Ukraine-Iran-Plane Crash)

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LOS ANGELES -- At least two police officers in Honolulu, Hawaii, were killed Sunday morning in a shooting, local reports said.

The shooting happened near Diamond Head State Monument in Honolulu. Soon after the incident was reported, a house believed to be the scene of the shooting caught fire and became fully engulfed in flames. (US-Hawaii-Shooting)

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HOUSTON -- Two people were killed and five others injured in a shooting on Sunday evening in downtown San Antonio, the U.S. state of Texas, according to local police.

San Antonio Police Chief William McManus told media that an argument broke out between a group of individuals, and one person pulled out a gun and started shooting. (US-Texas-Shooting)

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KABUL -- A group of unknown armed men entered a house in the Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday and killed four members of a family, including three children, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said Monday.

According to Rahimi, the unidentified armed men sneaked into the house of a government employee in Police District 7 on Sunday evening and brutally killed four members of the family, including the mother and three children. (Afghanistan-Murder-Kabul) Enditem

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