ANKARA -- At least seven people died, and 23 others were injured after a passenger bus veered off the road and overturned on a highway in the eastern Kars province of Türkiye on Sunday, state-run TRT broadcaster reported.

The passenger bus overturned into a stockade after passing the viaduct at the entrance of Karakurt village of Sarikamis district of Erzurum-Kars highway, the TRT quoted Governor of Kars province Turker Oksuz as reporting. (Türkiye-Kars-Bus Accident)

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TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Sunday condemned a deadly "terrorist" attack on a political gathering in northwestern Pakistan.

The blast in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday afternoon killed at least 40 people and injured over 150. (Iran-Pakistan Bombing-Condemnation)

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LISBON -- Portugal has registered 27 percent less rural fires and 70 percent less burned area this year till July 28, compared to the average annual level of the past decade, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Action (MAAC) said on Sunday.

So far, this year has recorded the 3rd smallest number of fires and the 4th fewest burned area compared with the same period since 2013, the MAAC said in a statement. (Portugal-Society-Fire)

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ANKARA -- Turkish security forces killed 12 members of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northwestern Syria, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

The YPG members were "neutralized" after they opened "harassing fire" on the Operation Euphrates Shield zone of the Turkish military, the ministry said in a statement. (Türkiye-Syria-YPG Members Killing) Enditem

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