CAIRO -- At least two people were killed and 16 others injured after a train derailed on Tuesday in Qalyub, a city in the Qalyubia Governorate about 23 km north of Egypt's capital Cairo.

Egypt's Health Ministry said that 10 of the 16 injured people were receiving medical treatment at the Qalyub Specialist Hospital, adding that their injuries were not life-threatening. (Egypt-Train-Accident)

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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev on Wednesday, a UN spokesman said.

"The secretary-general has just arrived in Poland on his way to Ukraine," said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Guterres, in a statement issued on Tuesday. (UN-Guterres-Ukraine)

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SANAA -- A local official said on Tuesday that 21 people, mostly women and children, were killed after a boat carrying 27 passengers capsized in the Red Sea off the coast of northwest Yemen.

The accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon off the Alluheyah district in the northern part of Hodeidah port city, Akram al-Ahdal, an official from the district's council, told Xinhua. (Yemen-Boat-Accident-Deaths)

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ROME -- Two Italian Air Force pilots died on Tuesday after the aircraft they were flying collided mid-air near Italy's capital.

The country's government and military officials confirmed the crash happened and media reports said that the Air Force and the prosecutor's office in the nearby town of Tivoli will both open investigations into the causes of the collision. (Italy-Aircrash) Enditem

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