MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin met Syrian interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa here to discuss bilateral relations and the Middle East situation, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
"The agenda included the current state of and prospects for the development of Russian-Syrian relations in the political, trade, economic, and humanitarian spheres, as well as the situation in the Middle East," the Kremlin said in a statement. (Russia-Syria-Mideast)
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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed on a temporary 48-hour ceasefire to ease border tensions, Pakistan's Foreign Office said on Wednesday. (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Ceasefire)
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JAKARTA -- Ten people were killed and 21 others injured after a fire broke out aboard an oil tanker undergoing repairs at a shipyard on Batam Island in Indonesia's Riau Islands province early Wednesday.
The victims were technicians working on the tanker Federal II at PT ASL Shipyard Indonesia in the Batuaji area. (Indonesia-Tanker-Fire)
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SYDNEY -- Three people have been found dead following a house fire in the northeast Australian state of Queensland on Wednesday morning.
Fire and rescue crews were deployed to the fire at a two-storey home in the city of Gladstone, over 400 kilometers north of Brisbane, around 6 am local time on Wednesday. (Australia-House Fire) Enditem
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