WASHINGTON -- Eight people were killed and eight more critically injured in a bus crash in northern Florida, the Ocala Star Banner, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing Florida Highway Patrol and Marion County Fire Rescue. (U.S.-Florida-Bus Crash)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least five people were killed and several others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Tuesday.

According to police officials in the area, the blast occurred in the Ladha area of South Waziristan district of the province, killing five people, including women and children on the spot while injuring two others. (Pakistan-Blast)

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ISTANBUL -- Turkish authorities have arrested 29 suspects in a crackdown on organized crimes in Istanbul, the semi-official Anadolu Agency reported on Tuesday.

The arrests came as part of a wider operation dubbed "Cellar 42," which targeted two rival criminal gangs allegedly involved in 13 incidents in the Turkish metropolis of 16 million people, according to the agency. (Istanbul-Organized Crimes-Crackdown)

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DAR ES SALAAM -- Five passengers died in the Kilimanjaro region in northern Tanzania after being struck by a truck on Sunday night while waiting for their defective mini-bus to be repaired, police said on Tuesday.

The accident occurred on Sunday at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), said the Kilimanjaro regional police commander, Simon Maigwa, noting the victims were standing meters away from the Dar es Salaam-Kilimanjaro highway. (Tanzania-Accident-Death)

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BEIRUT -- An Israeli drone launched on Tuesday two air-to-surface missiles at a house in the southern Lebanese village of Mays al-Jabal, destroying the house and killing a member of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, a Lebanese military source said.

The source, preferring anonymity, added that another Israeli attack targeted the village of Odaisseh, near the UN-drawn Blue Line, the border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel, with four missiles on Tuesday, injuring three civilians who were subsequently taken to a hospital in the Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil for treatment. The attack on Odaisseh also resulted in the destruction of six houses and damage to 20 others. (Lebanon-Border-Clash) Enditem

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