JERUSALEM -- The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, on Monday passed a law prohibiting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from operating in Israel.
Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported that the new law, which received support from 92 out of 120 parliament members, passed despite opposition from the United States and several European countries. (Israel-Ban-UNRWA Operations)
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ROME -- Italian police said they didn't give up hope on locating a man swept away by flash floods on the island of Sardinia on Sunday, and the search will continue on Tuesday.
Davide Manda, a 41-year-old sailor, was carried off in his Jeep Wrangler by swift currents during a violent thunderstorm in southern Sardinia early Sunday morning, near Monte Arcosu. Local rescue teams began searching by land and helicopter on Sunday, resuming efforts at first light on Monday before halting as night fell. The search is set to continue Tuesday morning. (Italy-Flood-Missing)
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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group said in a statement on Monday that it carried out three attacks targeting three ships in the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea, as well as in the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
"In support of the Palestinian and Lebanese resistances, we carried out three military operations as part of the continuation of imposing a naval blockade on the Israeli enemy. The first operation targeted the ship SC Montreal in the southern Arabian Sea with two drones, and the hit was accurate," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. (Yemen-Houthis Attack-Ships)
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ABUJA -- At least seven bodies were recovered from rubble after a partly demolished building collapsed in a suburban area of the Nigerian capital of Abuja on the weekend, authorities said on Monday.
Abdulrahman Mohammed, head of the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department, told Xinhua that the building, which had earlier been partly demolished by Nigerian authorities, collapsed in Sabon-Lugbe, a suburb of Abuja, on Saturday when a group of suspected scavengers entered the site, pulling down and carting away iron rods. (Nigeria-Building Collapse-Death)
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VIENNA -- Two people, including the mayor of the northern Austrian town of Kirchberg ob der Donau, were fatally shot on Monday morning, police said.
The other victim is a 64-year-old man. (Austria-Accident) Enditem
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