Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 12

African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) backed by local forces on Sunday arrested two Al-Shabaab bomb experts in southern region amid heightened security ahead of a regional summit to be held on Tuesday.

The pan African body said the two bomb experts were arrested during security operations in Lower Juba, outside the southern port city of Kismayo. (Somalia-Al Shabaab)

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TIKRIT, Iraq -- Roadside bombs killed four women and a female child fleeing a besieged town in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk Sunday, a security source said.

The female civilians were headed to the neighboring northern central province of Salahudin, according to the same source. (Iraq-IS)

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RAMALLAH -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Israel is internationally isolated because it doesn't want to make any progress towards peace.

He made the remarks in a recorded televised speech addressed to the Palestinian people worldwide on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, Muslims' annual religious festival. (Palestine-Isreal)

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ATHENS -- Greece is closer than ever to a solution for the sustainability of the Greek debt load, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday, assuring that some positive developments should be expected soon.

The Greek leader made the remarks during a televised customary press briefing given by Greek Premiers during the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF). (Greece-PM-Debt)

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ARUSHA, Tanzania -- Four people died on the spot and four others were injured after a bus collided head-on with a lorry in Tanzania's lake zone region of Shinyanga, police confirmed on Sunday.

The incident occurred Sunday morning at Kolandoto area in Shinyanga Region. Murilo Jumanne, Shinyanga Regional Police Commander said the injured were rushed to Kolandoto hospital for further treatment. (Tanzania-Accident) Endi