RAMALLAH -- Two Palestinians were killed and at least 20 others injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Wednesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

The ministry said in a press statement that a 16-year-old teenager was killed by the Israeli army in the town of Tammun, and a 23-year-old man was killed in the Al-Faraa refugee camp in the northern West Bank. (Gaza-Death Toll-Israeli Attacks)

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TOKYO -- A six-passenger boat capsized on Wednesday near an estuary in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Miyazaki, resulting in the deaths of two, including the boat's captain.

Shortly after 3 p.m. local time, the Miyazaki Coast Guard received an emergency call reporting a fishing boat had overturned at the Oyodo River estuary in Miyazaki city, with people drifting offshore. (Japan--Boat Capsize-Casualty)

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MOSCOW -- Fifty-three Russian citizens and their families have crossed the Rafah border checkpoint on Wednesday, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

Those who have crossed the checkpoint included 27 children, the ministry said in a Telegram post, adding that rescuers, psychologists and doctors were on duty to provide necessary assistance. (Russia-Gaza-Evacuation)

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KHARTOUM -- The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Wednesday exchanged accusations over attacking a major oil refinery near Khartoum.

The SAF accused the RSF of attacking the Khartoum Oil Refinery in Al-Jaili area, some 70 km north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum.

"Today (Wednesday), the rebel militia caused a fire in some facilities of the Khartoum refinery in Al-Jaili after attacking the refinery's control units," the SAF said in a statement. (Sudan-Attack-Rebel) Enditem

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