TOKYO -- Three people were reported to have died on Monday after a fire struck a two-story apartment complex in west Japan's Okayama City, according to local police.

The fire was reported at around 1:45 p.m. local time, and the local firefighting department rushed to the apartment in the northern district of Okayama. (Japan-Fire-Deaths)

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TBILISI -- Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili on Monday announced that the country has decided to introduce a visa-free regime for Chinese citizens, and more details will be declared later.

"China is the second-largest economy in the world. One of our main interests is to strengthen trade and economic relations with China, to attract more investments from China, as well as to attract more tourists," Gharibashvili said at a governmental session in Tbilisi. (Georgia-Visa-free-China)

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TRIPOLI -- At least 150 people were killed and many others went missing after floods triggered by Mediterranean storm Daniel hit eastern Libya on Sunday, a local official said on Monday.

Mohamed Masoud, head of the Information Office of the eastern-based House of Representatives, the parliament, told Xinhua that most of the victims were from the city of Derna, some 1,300 km east of the capital Tripoli. (Libya-Storm-Casualty)

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RABAT -- The death toll from the deadly earthquake in Morocco has risen to 2,497, with another 2,467 people injured, according to the latest update from the Moroccan Interior Ministry on Monday.

Rescue and relief efforts are continuing to access the hardest hit mountainous regions as roads leading up there were blocked by dislodged rocks. (Morocco-Quake-Death Toll) Enditem

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