GAZA -- Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday killed at least 45 Palestinians and injured dozens of others, according to the Civil Defense in Gaza.

Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense, said that in the southern city of Khan Younis, 10 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential home belonging to the Baraka family, while six others, including two children and a woman, died after an airstrike on a barbershop. (Gaza Strip-Israeli Airstrikes-Casualty)

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KIGALI -- At least 52 people have been killed and 107 others injured by disasters triggered by heavy rains in Rwanda since the beginning of April, an official said on Friday.

Adalbert Rukebanuka, director general of planning, policy, and risk reduction at the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management, told reporters in the national capital of Kigali that between April 1 and 16, the country recorded 390 disaster incidents. (Rwanda-Kigali-Rainfall)

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MOSCOW -- Ukraine peace talks remain difficult while some progress has been made, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday.

Peskov said Russia seeks to resolve the Ukraine conflict taking into account its interests. (Russia-Ukraine-Spokesperson)

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KABUL -- Pakistan expelled over 5,000 Afghan refugees on Thursday, the local media Tolonews reported Friday.

The refugees returned from Pakistan via Torkham and Spin Boldak crossing points to Afghanistan on Thursday, the report said, adding that the returnees have received necessary assistance. (Afghanistan-Refugees-Return) Enditem

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