Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 1

Two stolen paintings by Vincent Van Gogh were seized in a criminal network linked to the mafia near Naples, Italian authorities said on Friday.

The two paintings, "Seascape at Scheveningen" and "Congregation leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen," had been stolen from the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam in 2002. (Italy-Van Gogh-Paintings)

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BAGHDAD -- At least two people were killed and ten others injured on Friday in two roadside bomb explosions at a marketplace in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, a police source told Xinhua.

"Two roadside bombs went off in a quick succession at the crowded market in Sadr City district in eastern Baghdad," the source said on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-Baghdad-Bombs)

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ADEN, Yemen -- Unidentified gunmen killed an intelligence colonel in Yemen's port city Aden on Friday, a day after the Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for assassinating a police officer in the country's temporary capital.

The gunmen traveling in a vehicle opened fire at the intelligence Colonel Ali Muqbil, as he was on his way going to Friday prayers in Aden's neighborhood of Mansoura, a security official said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Aden-Shooting)

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KIEV -- The number of deaths caused by a batch of spurious alcohol circulating across Ukraine rose to 38, the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection said Friday.

According to the statement on the website of the agency, 39 other people are still being treated in hospitals and many of them are in critical condition. (Ukraine-Alcohol Poisoning) Endi