TEHRAN -- Five people were killed and 91 others injured in Iran during Feb. 20-March 1 in incidents caused by the explosion of fireworks ahead of the upcoming Fire Festival in the country, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported on Saturday.

The number of deaths has doubled compared to last year, while injuries have increased by 57 percent, the ISNA quoted Jafar Miadfar, head of Iran's Medical Emergency Organization, as saying. (Iran-Fireworks Blasts-Casualties)

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NAIROBI -- Kenyan police on Saturday killed five al-Shabab terrorists and arrested four others in a security operation in Garissa County near the border with Somalia.

The police said the four suspects were arrested from their hideout in Fafi area where the security forces recovered two PKM machine guns, six AK47 rifles, and a number of improvised explosive devices making materials. (Kenya-Al-Shabab)

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BEIRUT -- Three Hezbollah fighters were killed and one member of the civil defense injured on Saturday in an Israeli strike on a civilian car in southern Lebanon, Lebanese medical sources told Xinhua.

The sources, who spoke anonymously, said that an Israeli drone fired two air-to-surface missiles at a civilian car that was driving on the international sea route in the Naqoura area, adjacent to the city of Tyre. (Lebanon-Israel-Casualties)

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NICOSIA -- Cyprus confirmed on Saturday that the United States and other unnamed countries are exploring the possibility of establishing a sea corridor from Cyprus to Gaza for the transfer of international aid to the war-ravaged population.

"It is known that the Republic of Cyprus is in contact with the U.S. and other countries in relation to the provision of humanitarian aid to Gaza through Cyprus," government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. (Cyprus-Gaza) Enditem

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