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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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned on Wednesday that if Hamas does not demilitarize and return all bodies of hostages it holds, Israel will return to fighting.
The threat came on the sixth day of a fragile ceasefire, as Hamas handed over the remains of two more hostages and said they were the last bodies in its custody. (Israel-Hamas-Gaza)
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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday issued separate statements to announce a ceasefire between the two sides, which has been implemented later.
Pakistan's Foreign Office said on Wednesday that at the request of the Afghan side, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on a temporary 48-hour ceasefire to ease border tensions. (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Ceasefire)
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KHARTOUM -- Escalating clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the western city of El Fasher have further deteriorated the already dire humanitarian and health situation, as the UN issued urgent appeals for an immediate end to the violence in the besieged city.
Local committees in El Fasher have called on international and regional bodies to intervene swiftly to protect civilians, warning that continued fighting could trigger an "imminent famine" and the total collapse of healthcare services. (Sudan-El Fasher-Clashes) Enditem