MOSCOW -- At least 18 people were injured after part of a 10-story residential building collapsed on Sunday in the city of Belgorod in western Russia, reported local media, citing an emergency official.

A search and rescue operation is underway, and people are being evacuated from the building. The emergency services warned that the casualties could rise as some people are still under the debris. (Russia-Building Collapse)

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JAKARTA -- The death toll from lava floods that struck Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Saturday rose to 34, with at least five others missing, a senior official of the local disaster agency said on Sunday.

The rains poured down the area at the slope of the Marapi volcano on Saturday evening, triggering cold lava floods that hit the regencies of Tanah Datar and Agam, Fajar Sukma, head of the emergency unit of the provincial disaster management and mitigation agency, told Xinhua via phone. (Indonesia-Flash Floods-Deaths)

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KIEV -- More than 4,000 people have been evacuated in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region since Russia launched the latest round of missile attacks on Friday, regional governor Oleg Synegubov said Sunday.

Among them, 2,097 people from the Kharkiv district, 1,377 from the Chuguev district, 29 from the Bogoduhiv district, and 570 others have been evacuated, Synegubov wrote on social media Telegram. (Ukraine-Russian Attack)

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GAZA -- The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has exceeded 35,000, health authorities in Gaza said in a press statement on Sunday.

During the past 24 hours, the Israeli army killed 63 Palestinians and wounded 114 others, bringing the total death toll to 35,034 and injuries to 78,755 since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out last October, it said. (Gaza-Israel) Enditem

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