MOSCOW -- All 17 people missing after a Russian fishing boat sank in the Barents Sea are likely dead in freezing Arctic waters, media reported Monday.

Five ships have been deployed to search for the missing, but they have not been found yet, local news outlets reported, citing a spokesman for emergency services. (Russia-Boat)

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LAGOS -- At least five residents were killed during attacks carried out by unknown gunmen in Nigeria's central state of Benue on Sunday, police said.

A family of three were killed in their room in the Nagu community located in the Katsina-Ala town of the state, state police spokesperson Catherine Anene told reporters in a statement reaching Xinhua on Monday. (Nigeria-Killing)

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BEIJING -- China has included 119 more kinds of drugs in its national medical insurance reimbursement list, delivering greater price cuts and benefiting more people, the National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) said at a press conference Monday.

Ninety-six of the new additions to the list are exclusive drugs that offer lower prices through negotiation and 16 were newly put on the market this year, the NHSA said. (China-Medical insurance)

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GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- Three people were killed and three others wounded in three separate targeted attacks in Afghanistan on Monday, authorities confirmed.

In eastern Ghazni province, gunmen opened fire on two provincial revenue directorate workers and killed them in Police District (PD) 2 of provincial capital Ghazni city at about 8 a.m. local time, Ahmad Khan Sirat, provincial police spokesman, told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Attacks) Enditem

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