NEW DELHI -- At least six people died, and around nine others injured when a fire broke out inside a factory in India's southwestern state of Maharashtra on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, confirmed a local cop to Xinhua over phone.

The fire broke out inside a hand-gloves manufacturing unit in the state's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, when the victims were asleep. (India-Fire-Deaths)

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MOSCOW/KIEV -- The Ukrainian shelling of the Russian border city of Belgorod has caused 21 deaths, including three children, and damage in 30 apartment buildings, Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region, said Sunday.

"The number of dead has increased to 21 people, of whom three are children. 110 people were injured with varying degrees of severity, including 17 children. To date, various damages have been identified in 30 apartment buildings, 344 apartments, three private households, several businesses and social facilities," Gladkov wrote on social media. (Ukraine-Russia-Explosions)

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ASUNCION -- At least one prisoner was dead and another missing after a fire broke out Saturday at the Tacumbu National Penitentiary in the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion, the Ministry of Justice reported.

The fire occurred in the Baldoseria and Guamperia sectors at the Paraguay's main prison, where prisoners produce tiles and drinking gourds as part of social reintegration programs. (Paraguay-Prison Fire-Death)

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DAMASCUS -- Israel launched a missile attack near the international airport of Aleppo city in northern Syria on Saturday, the Syrian army said in a statement.

The attack was launched to target military points south of Aleppo, resulting in some material losses, the statement said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a missile fell in the area of Aleppo International Airport, causing no damage to the airport. (Syria-Israeli Attack-Aleppo Airport) Enditem

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