DAMASCUS -- At least 89 people were killed and some 200 others injured over the past two days in escalating clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes in southern Syria's Sweida province, Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday.
Meanwhile, the Syrian defense authority, in a statement carried by the state-run SANA news agency, put the death toll at more than 30 and the injuries at some 100. (Syria-Druze-Bedouin Clashes-Casualties)
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LONDON -- Four people were killed when a plane crashed at London Southend Airport on Sunday, local media reported on Monday.
Both the BBC and the PA news agency reported four people were killed. The police have yet to confirm the casualties. (UK-Crash)
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KIEV -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Monday with U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg on military cooperation, sanctions against Russia, and U.S. support for Ukraine's defense.
The talks focused on strengthening "Ukraine's air defense, joint production and procurement of defensive weapons in cooperation with Europe ... sanctions against Russia and those who help it," Zelensky wrote on the social media platform X. (Ukraine Russia Conflict)
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ULAN BATOR -- A total of five people have been killed in water-related accidents in Mongolia in two days, the country's emergency agency said Monday.
Most of the drowning accidents occurred in rivers during holidays of the traditional Naadam Festival, which is celebrated across Mongolia, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said in a statement. (Mongolia-Accident) Enditem
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