WASHINGTON -- Former U.S. President Donald Trump was indicted on Thursday for his role in an alleged hush-money payment to an adult film actress.

Multiple news media outlets, including The New York Times, ABC News, and The Washington Post, broke the news of Trump's indictment by a Manhattan grand jury in the evening, quoting people familiar with the situation. (US-Trump-Indictment)

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BAGHDAD -- Three Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in an airstrike on Thursday in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a security source said.

Based on intelligence reports, Iraqi warplanes carried out an airstrike on an IS hideout in the Himreen mountain range in northern Diyala, destroying the hideout and killing three IS militants, Ali Fadhel Omran, commander of Diyala Operations, told Xinhua. (Iraq-Airstrike-IS Militants)

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NAIROBI -- At least 14 people were killed and several others injured in a grisly road accident involving a university bus and 14-seater minibus along a busy highway in northwest Kenya Thursday, local police confirmed.

Rift valley regional police commander Tom Odera said the bus was transporting about 30 students who were on their way to participate in sports competitions when the accident occurred Thursday afternoon at Naivasha, about 90 km northwest of Nairobi. (Kenya-Road Accident-Casualty)

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MANILA -- Five people were killed and 13 others seriously injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a cargo truck early Thursday in southern Philippines, police said.

Police said two drivers and three bus passengers were killed in the crash that occurred around 3 a.m. local time in Gitagum town in Misamis Oriental province. (Philippines-Car Crash-Casualty) Enditem

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