At least six persons were killed and 49 wounded when a passenger train collided with a locomotive in central Cuba, media report said. ....

Over 7 million people are starving in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria as a result of violence by the Boko Haram terror group, media reported. ....

At least 10 persons were killed in a hotel fire in China's Jiangxi province on Saturday, firefighters said. ....

Continuing his battle with mainstream media outlets, US President Donald Trump slammed "fake news" and said journalists should not be allowed to publish stories based on anonymous sources. ....

The blast that killed 10 persons at a shopping centre in Lahore on Thursday was most probably an accident caused by a "gas leak" and not a bomb, as initially believed, Pakistan officials said on Friday. ....

China supports India on combating terrorism and a discussion to declare Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar a "global terrorist" is in progress, Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui said on Friday. ....

At least 30 persons were killed in a suicide bombing in Syria's Susian town on Friday, a monitor group reported. ....

Israel is refusing to issue visas to the staff of one of the most prominent international human rights NGOs, accusing the group of an "extreme, hostile and anti-Israel agenda", media reported.. ....

The US on Friday "strongly" condemned the shooting in which an Indian man was killed and another injured in Kansas and said it has reached out to Indian consular officials to offer support, a statement said. ....

A female lawmaker was on Friday arrested by Philippine police for being involved in drug trading. ....