JERUSALEM/BEIRUT -- The Israeli air force began a series of airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburb in Lebanon on Sunday afternoon, Israel's military said in a statement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said they instructed to launch the strikes "in response" to Hezbollah fire toward Israel.(Israel-Lebanon-Airstrikes)
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ULAN BATOR -- An outbreak of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been confirmed in Dundgovi province in southern Mongolia, the provincial governor's office reported on Sunday.
"Quarantine measures have been imposed in outbreak zones and suspected infection sites in the province's Gurvansaikhan and Adaatsag soums (administrative subdivisions)," the governor's office said. (Mongolia-Outbreak-FMD)
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KIGALI -- Rwanda has put in place preventive, surveillance, and treatment measures to respond to any potential Ebola outbreak in the country while safeguarding public health and economic activity, a senior government official said.
Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva made the remarks on Saturday while briefing reporters in Kigali, Rwanda's capital. (Rwanda-Ebola)
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HANOI -- A traffic accident early Sunday morning in central Vietnam's Lam Dong province left 19 people injured, local media VnExpress reported.
The incident occurred at about 3 a.m. when a sleeper bus crashed into the rear of a container truck traveling in the same direction, the report said. (Vietnam-Traffic accident) Enditem
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