RIGA -- A Canadian soldier serving in the NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia died near Riga on Thursday, the Latvian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
The soldier has been identified as Sebastian Halmagean, a gunner from the Royal Canadian Artillery. He had served in the Canadian Armed Forces for nearly three years. This was his first overseas deployment. (Latvia-Canada-Soldier Death)
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TEHRAN -- At least one person was killed and 14 others wounded in an explosion at an eight-story residential building in Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday afternoon, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
The incident was reported at about 14:10 local time (1040 GMT), and rescuers were immediately sent to the scene, Tasnim quoted Mokhtar Salahshoor, head of the provincial Red Crescent Society, as saying. (Iran-Explosion)
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MANILA -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Saturday that the death toll from a ferry sinking in the southern Philippines has risen to 36 after five more bodies were recovered.
Ongoing search and rescue operations remain focused on locating the sunken MV Trisha Kerstin 3 and any remaining missing people, the PCG said. (Philippines-Boat Sinking-Death)
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ABUJA -- Multiple people were feared killed and others injured after a suspected Boko Haram terrorist attack on a group of laborers in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, multiple sources said Friday.
About a dozen bodies were buried after the incident at Wajirko, a village along the Maiduguri-Damboa road on Thursday, local media reported, citing Aliu Zaifada, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress party in that part of the country. (Nigeria-Boko Haram Attack) Enditem
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