UNITED NATIONS -- Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, and Slovenia were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday for a two-year term that begins on Jan. 1, 2024. (UN-Security Council-Election)

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VLADIVOSTOK/KIEV -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Russian forces had destroyed the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam in southern Ukraine.

All services are working to eliminate the consequences of the incident, Zelensky said in a Telegram post, adding that he had convened the National Security and Defense Council. (Ukraine Russia conflict-Kakhovka dam)

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LUANDA -- Protests against the removal of fuel subsidies Monday in the city of Huambo in Angola's central province of Huambo escalated into a deadly conflict between taxi drivers and the police, resulting in five deaths and eight injuries, according to a police statement released Tuesday.

The protests launched by the drivers began Monday morning and turned into "public disorder" after they placed barricades, assaulted passengers, broke windows and carried out other acts of vandalism, "which prompted the intervention of the police forces to safeguard the physical integrity of people and their property," said the statement by the Provincial Command of the National Police in Huambo. (Angola-Protest-Casualty)

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AMMAN -- At least eight people were killed and 13 others injured in a traffic accident on Tuesday in Jordan's Northern Badia region of Mafraq Governorate, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

The accident occurred when two vehicles collided. Civil defense teams rushed to the site and the injured were taken to hospital. (Jordan-Car Accident-Casualties) Enditem

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