JAKARTA -- Two foreign nationals on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali were killed on Thursday after the villa they were staying in was hit by a landslide, police told local media.

The accommodation situated in Penebel in Tabanan Regency was swept away by severe rain on Thursday, an area prone to flooding and landslides in the rainy season. (Indonesia-Landslide)

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DHAKA -- The Bangladeshi government in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has hired more than 1,200 social workers in child protection services.

The initiative underscores the importance of ensuring the welfare of children and families across the nation, UNICEF said in a statement Thursday. (Bangladesh-UNICEF-Child Protection)

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ANKARA -- A plane of the Turkish Stars, the aerobatic demonstration team of the Turkish Air Force, crashed in Türkiye's central province of Konya on Thursday, killing a military personnel, the Turkish broadcaster NTV reported.

The pilot managed to eject before the crash, which occurred during the aircraft's landing, and was subsequently taken to the hospital for medical treatment, NTV said. (Türkiye-Military Plane-Crash)

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MOGADISHU -- The Paris Club, an informal group of creditor nations whose objective is to find workable solutions to payment problems faced by debtor nations, has agreed to cancel more than 2 billion U.S. dollars of debt Somalia owed to its members to help the East African country restore its debt sustainability.

The debt relief represents 99 percent of the debt Somalia owed to Paris Club members as of January 2023, according to a statement issued Wednesday. (Somalia-Paris Club-Debt Cancellation) Enditem

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