LUSAKA -- At least six people died while 40 others serious injuries when two vehicles collided in northern Zambia, the police said on Monday.

The accident, which involves a public bus and a truck, occurred on Sunday afternoon along a highway, Great North Road, 35 kilometers north Shiwangandu district. (Zambia-Accident-Casualties)

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YEREVAN -- Nikol Pashinyan was re-appointed as Armenian prime minister by President Armen Sarkissian on Monday, according to local media Armenpress.

Pashinyan was re-nominated by the Civil Contract party, which won the majority of seats in the parliamentary election in June. (Armenia-Prime Minister-Appointment)

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ISTANBUL -- Turkey has been battling wildfires that erupted in the southern and southwestern coastal resort towns and have lasted six days, officials announced Monday.

"We have controlled 125 out of the 132 fires in the last five days, and are still fighting the remaining seven ones," Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli told reporters in Mugla Province. (Turkey-Forest Fires)

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ANTANANARIVO -- Madagascar authorities have arrested 21 suspects over an assassination attempt on President Andry Rajoelina, local media reported on Monday.

Berthine Razafiarivony, general attorney of the court of appeal of Antananarivo, told a briefing on Sunday that based on tangible, material evidence in the hands of investigators, the main instigators of the plot have been identified, L'Express de Madagascar reported. (Madagascar-Assassination Attempt-Arrests) Enditem

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