LA PAZ -- Five people were killed and more than 35 others were injured on Tuesday when a bus crashed on a highway and plunged into a ravine more than 20 meters deep in east Bolivia, local authorities said.

Emergency and police personnel were dispatched to the accident site in the town of Quine, the department of Santa Cruz. (Bolivia-Accident-Deaths)

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BEIRUT -- Two Hezbollah fighters and an Amal Movement member were killed and three civilians wounded on Tuesday evening in an Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese town of Shehabiya, Lebanese military sources said.

The sources, who spoke anonymously, said Israeli drones fired three air-to-surface missiles toward the center of the town, causing casualties and damage to several shops and over 22 homes. (Israel-Hezbollah-Clashes)

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BAGHDAD -- Five Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Tuesday in airstrikes in central Iraq, the Iraqi military said.

Based on intelligence reports, Iraqi warplanes carried out two airstrikes on IS hideouts in the eastern part of Salahuddin province, according to a statement from the Security Media Cell, a media outlet affiliated with the Iraqi Joint Operations Command. (Iraq-Airstrikes-Islamic State)

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ABUJA -- At least three suspected key figures and 27 other members of a local terror group were killed in a recent air raid by the Nigerian military in a location along the shores of Lake Chad, the air force said Tuesday.

The raid on Saturday dealt a decisive blow to the camp of the Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters with precision airstrikes on their hideouts in the Kolleram village of the northeastern state of Borno, which shares a border with Chad, said Edward Gabkwet, the spokesman for the Nigerian Air Force, in a statement. (Nigeria-Terrorist-Airstrike) Enditem

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