GAZA -- Buses carrying about 39 Palestinian prisoners departed on Friday night from the Israeli Ofer prison, which is located near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Xinhua correspondent on-site confirmed.

The 39 Palestinians, including 24 women and 15 minors, were released as part of a Qatar-mediated truce deal between Israel and Hamas, local media reported, referring to the first temporary humanitarian truce between the two warring parties in the Gaza Strip, which entered into force at 7:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) on Friday. (Israel-Hamas-Prisoners Release)

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MANILA -- A fire on Saturday gutted a house in Quezon province, southeast of Manila, killing six family members and injuring two others, police said.

In a report, police said the fire trapped the victims, a 69-year-old woman and her five grandchildren, inside the two-story house in Candelaria town. Two other females, aged 48 and 37, were injured. (Philippines-Fire-Death)

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DUBLIN -- Thirty-four people have been arrested following Thursday night's "huge destruction by a riotous mob" in Dublin, the capital of Ireland, local media reported on Friday.

Violent protests and clashes with police erupted after three young children were injured in a stabbing incident outside a primary school. (Ireland-Dublin-Violence) Enditem

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