LIMA -- At least seven police officers were killed on Saturday after being ambushed in the jungle area of the valley of the rivers of Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro (Vraem), the Peruvian National Police (PNP) said.

"We regret the loss of our police brothers, who were ambushed while moving in a police vehicle in the town of Natividad in the #Vraem. 7 troops died and one police officer survived," the PNP tweeted. (Peru-Ambush-Death)

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TOKYO -- Two men were found dead after a fire on Sunday morning burnt down three houses in Tochigi, a Japanese prefecture north of Tokyo, local media reported.

Local police said the house fire at a two-story wooden house in the city of Oyama was reported after 2:00 a.m. local time, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported Sunday.(Japan-House Fire-Death)

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Twenty severe weather warnings and watches are in place as tropical cyclone Gabrielle is landing far north of New Zealand and is expected to swipe through most parts of the North Island from Sunday.

Auckland and many other places in the region were upgraded to red alert on the day as MetService, the national meteorological service of the country, warned that the worst weather is yet to come. (New Zealand-Extreme Weather)

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MOGADISHU -- An air raid carried out by troops including those from Somali National Army killed 12 al-Shabab militants in the central region, the allied forces said Sunday.

The collective self-defense air strike, which was carried out Friday at the request of the Somali government, occurred in a remote area about 45 km southwest of Hobyo, Somalia, the forces said in a joint statement. (Somalia-Counterterrorism) Enditem

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