BAMAKO -- Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are no longer members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), military officials of the three countries decided in a joint statement read this Sunday in the television news of Malian television (ORTM).

On the Malian side, the press release was read by Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga, Malian minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, and spokesperson for the transitional government of Mali. (Mali-Announcement-ECOWAS Withdrawal)

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BANGKOK -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Sunday that China and Thailand will officially enter a "visa-free era" from March 1 as the two sides have just signed an agreement on mutual visa exemption.

Wang made the remarks in a joint press conference after an annual consultation with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, adding that it will surely bring bilateral people-to-people exchanges to a new height. (China-Thailand-Ties)

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ISLAMABAD -- Over 250 children have died of pneumonia in Pakistan's Punjab province since the beginning of this year, the provincial health department said in a statement on Sunday.

On Sunday, 18 children became the latest victims of the disease in the province, said the statement. (Pakistan-Pneumonia)

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ISTANBUL -- One person was killed on Sunday in an armed attack on an Italian church in Türkiye's largest city Istanbul, said Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya.

Yerlikaya said on social media platform X that two masked people organized the attack at the Santa Maria Church in the Sariyer district on the European side of the city at around 11:40 a.m. local time (0840 GMT). (Türkiye-Armed Attack-Church) Enditem

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