BEIRUT -- Israeli forces carried out a series of artillery strikes, drone attacks and air raids across southern Lebanon overnight and Thursday morning, local media reported.
According to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency, a cautious calm prevailed across the southern frontlines at dawn on Thursday, after Israeli shelling overnight targeted the towns of Al-Mansouri, Majdal Zoun, Deir Kifa, and Kfardounine, as well as a public park in the coastal city of Tyre. (Israel-Lebanon-Strike)
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SEOUL -- South Korea's ruling liberal Democratic Party won a sweeping victory in the local elections, election watchdog data showed Thursday.
With almost all votes counted, the Democratic Party won 12 out of 16 races for metropolitan mayors and provincial governors, including Gyeonggi province, the western port city of Incheon, the southeastern port city of Busan, as well as South Jeolla Province and North Jeolla Province, home turf for the liberal bloc, according to the National Election Commission. (South Korea-Local Elections)
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LOS ANGELES -- A teenager was killed and three people wounded in a shooting after a U.S. California high school graduation ceremony on Wednesday evening, according to local media.
The shooting occurred in the parking lot of a high school in Northern California, CBS reported, citing a local police spokesperson. (US-California-Shooting)
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BEIRUT -- A peacekeeper died early Thursday from injuries sustained when mortar shells struck his position near Marjayoun in southeastern Lebanon the previous night, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said.
Two other peacekeepers were injured in the incident and are receiving treatment at a medical facility inside a UNIFIL base, a UNIFIL statement said. (Lebanon-UN-Peacekeeper) Enditem
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