KABUL -- Several people were either killed or injured after a car bomb explosion rocked outside the local government's offices in Gardez city, capital of Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province on Thursday, an Interior Ministry's official confirmed. (Afghanistan-Car Bomb-Casualties)

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UNITED NATIONS -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for attention to mental health problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Noting that "the COVID-19 virus is not only attacking our physical health, it is also increasing psychological suffering," the UN chief said that "grief at the loss of loved ones, shock at the loss of jobs, isolation and restrictions on movement, difficult family dynamics and uncertainty and fear for the future" might all cause psychological suffering. (UN-Mental Health-COVID-19)

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NEW DELHI -- At least eight persons died and around 50 injured when the truck carrying them collided with a bus in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday night, said media reports on Thursday. (India-Road Mishap-Casualties)

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TRIPOLI -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday said that a total of 77 illegal immigrants have been intercepted at sea and returned to Libya over the past two weeks.

"Over the past two weeks, at least 650 migrants, who departed from Libyan shores, arrived in Italy and Malta, while 77 others were intercepted at sea and returned to the conflict-torn country," the IOM tweeted. (Libya-Immigrant-Return) Enditem

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