JAKARTA -- Five people were killed and three others went missing after a bomb exploded in Indonesia's eastern Papua province on Sunday, local police said.
The blast occurred in the afternoon in a densely populated village, causing severe damage to nearby homes, the police told local media.
The search operations for the missing were suspended overnight due to concerns over possible unexploded ordnance at the site, police added. (Indonesia-Bomb-Death)
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BOGOTA -- Polls opened across Colombia on Sunday for the first round of the country's presidential election, with voters casting ballots to elect a president and a vice president for the 2026-2030 term.
Voting began at 8 a.m. local time (1300 GMT). More than 41.4 million registered voters were eligible to cast ballots from among the presidential and vice-presidential tickets on the ballot.
About 13,000 polling stations were set up nationwide. Voting was scheduled to close at 4 p.m. (2100 GMT), with preliminary results expected later Sunday. (Colombia-Presidential Election)
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TEHRAN -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Sunday that Tehran will not agree to any deal with the United States until the rights of the Iranian people have been secured.
Addressing an online parliament session, Qalibaf stressed that Iranian negotiators have no trust in the "enemy's" words and promises, according to the official news agency IRNA.
"Our criterion is tangible achievements that we must attain in order to fulfill our commitments in return," he said. "We will not approve any agreement until we are sure that we have secured the Iranian nation's rights." (Iran-U.S.-Deal)
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a videotaped statement on Sunday that he had instructed the military to deepen and expand its grip on Lebanese areas held by Hezbollah.
The instruction followed the capture of the Beaufort Ridge, including the strategic castle at its summit, in southern Lebanon by Israeli forces, an area beyond the "security zone" Israel has maintained since a ceasefire took effect in mid-April.
Netanyahu said that after his directive to expand the maneuver in Lebanon, Israeli forces crossed the Litani River and seized key terrain, including the Beaufort. (Israel-Lebanon-Operation) Enditem
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