Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 25

At least eight people have been killed in a gas plant explosion on Thursday in the southern Nigerian city of Nnewi of Anambra State, state police spokesperson Ali Okechukwu said on Friday.

Six persons were confirmed dead outside the perimeter fencing of Inter Corp Oil Limited (LPG Gas Plant), a subsidiary of Chikason Group, immediately after the accident, while two other bodies, a mother and her baby, were later recovered at a nearby building, the spokesperson told Xinhua. (Nigeria-Gas Station-Explosion)

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ISLAMABAD -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for New Delhi Friday evening after an over-two-hour visit to Pakistan during which he held talks with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif.

The two leaders had a one-and-a-half hour meeting at the official residence of Sharif in Lahore, officials said. Several ministers and Pakistan's top diplomat Aizaz Chaudhry attended the meeting. (Pakistan-Indian PM-Visit)

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ANKARA -- Turkish troops in Iraq training Sunni groups in Mosul are still in Bashiqa camp in northern Iraq, Turkish Defense Minister Yilmaz said on Friday.

"Our troops, which provide training, are still there. Reorganizing of other troops that provide guard is continuing," Yilmaz told reporters. (Turkey-Iraq-Troops)

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SEOUL -- South Korea and Japan will hold foreign ministers'meeting next week to discuss about Japan's wartime sex slavery of Korean women during World War II, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.

The ministry said in a statement that Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Seoul on Monday to meet with his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se. (S.Korea-Japan-Talks)

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DHAKA -- An attack on worshipers at a mosque of Ahmadiyya Muslim community in a western Bangladeshi district has killed at least one people and wounded three more.

The Friday attack took place at Chokpara mosque of Ahmadiyya community, in Rajshahi district, some 256 km west of the capital city. (Bangladesh-Attack) Endi