SKOPJE -- The number of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients being hospitalized in North Macedonia has more than doubled in one day to 766, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.

According to the ministry, a total of 426 patients were hospitalized in infectious wards throughout the country in the last 24 hours. (Macedonia-Coronavirus)

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MEXICO CITY -- A fire in an electrical substation of the Mexico City Metro on Saturday caused the closing of six lines, affecting thousands of passengers.

The Mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, said a policewoman lost her life in the incident and at least 30 people were injured. (Mexico-Fire)

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DAMASCUS -- More than 130 airstrikes have targeted the positions of the Islamic State (IS) in the Syrian desert over the past 48 hours, a war monitor reported on Saturday.

The intensified airstrikes were carried out by Russian warplanes against the positions of the IS militants in the Syrian desert in eastern Syria as the latter attacked and captured several Syrian military sites, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Syria-IS)

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KHARTOUM -- Sudanese officials and African Union (AU) experts team on Saturday held a meeting over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), said Sudan's Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry.

"Sudan's negotiating team over the GERD, headed by Sudan's Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Yasir Abbas, held a bilateral meeting on Saturday afternoon with the AU team of experts," said the ministry in a statement. (Sudan-AU-Dam) Enditem

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