JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military has killed Abu al-Qassem Babayian, who had recently been appointed the head of Iran's Supreme Leader's military office, according to a statement released by the Israeli Defense Ministry on Sunday.
The appointment comes just days after his predecessor was killed in the exchange of fire triggered by U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran starting on Feb. 28, according to the statement. (Israel-Iran-Supreme Leader's Military Office)
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NAIROBI -- The death toll from flooding triggered by heavy overnight rainfall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, has risen to 28, police said on Sunday, as rescue teams continue searching for survivors in several parts of the city.
Nairobi County Police Commander George Seda said five more bodies were recovered on Saturday evening from separate locations after floods submerged vehicles and forced motorists in some areas to flee to higher ground. (Kenya-Flooding-Death Toll)
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KHARTOUM -- At least 40 people were killed and 59 others injured in drone strikes targeting two local markets in the cities of Abu Zabad and Wad Banda in West Kordofan State in Sudan, according to a medical source, an eyewitness, and a local community body.
A medical source in Abu Zabad told Xinhua on Sunday that a drone strike targeted a local market in the city around midday on Saturday. (Sudan-Drone strike-Death Toll)
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BEIRUT -- At least 40 people were killed and an unspecified number wounded early Sunday in Israeli airstrikes targeting dozens of homes, government institutions and shops in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese security and official sources.
Lebanon's official National News Agency said Israeli warplanes carried out a dawn airstrike on the town of Sir al-Gharbiyeh in the Nabatieh district, hitting a three-story building and killing 19 people. (Israel-Lebanon-Strike) Enditem
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