GAZA -- Hamas announced a freeze on ceasefire negotiations with Israel after the faction's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed Tuesday evening in an Israeli attack in Lebanon, a Palestinian source told Xinhua.

"We have informed the brothers in Qatar and Egypt of the freezing of negotiations," the source said on condition of anonymity. Qatar and Egypt have been mediating a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. (Hamas-Israel-Halting Ceasefire Talks)

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Harvard Corporation confirmed on Tuesday it has accepted Harvard President Claudine Gay's resignation "with overarching consideration in mind."

"These past several months have seen Harvard and higher education face a series of sustained and unprecedented challenges. In the face of escalating controversy and conflict, President Gay and the Fellows have sought to be guided by the best interests of the institution whose future progress and well-being we are together committed to uphold," said Harvard Corporation in a statement. (US-Harvard University-Resignation)

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LUSAKA -- At least 16 people were killed and 67 others seriously injured in road accidents that happened in Zambia during the New Year holiday, the police said on Tuesday.

Rae Hamoonga, spokesperson for the Zambia Police Service, said in a statement that the country recorded 262 road accidents, of which 16 were fatal and 40 serious. (Zambia-New Year Holiday Road Accidents-Casualty)

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TOKYO -- The death toll has risen to 55 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of Tuesday evening, after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, with aftershocks and more damage reports coming in.

In a separate tragedy on Tuesday, a Japan Coast Guard (JCG) aircraft taxiing on the runway to transport relief goods for quake-hit areas in Niigata Prefecture collided with a passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. (Japan-Quake-Death) Enditem

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