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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Oct. 12

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South Korea is mulling standalone sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over its fifth nuclear test if discussion is prolonged on a new UN Security Council resolution, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday citing a government source.

A South Korean government source was quoted as saying that Seoul has a principle to announce its unilateral sanctions toward Pyongyang at a time when the new sanctions can maximize the effect of pressure on the DPRK. (S.Korea-DPRK-Sanctions)

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MOSCOW -- The Russian Defense Ministry denied Wednesday accusations of British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson of Russia's involvement in bombing a humanitarian convoy in Syria's city of Aleppo on Sept. 19.

"There were no Russian aircraft in the area of the humanitarian convoy in Aleppo. It is a fact," the ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a statement. (Russia-Syria-Convoy)

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ABUJA -- At least eight people died Wednesday morning when a bomb exploded near a local motor park in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said.

The rescue agency confirmed to Xinhua that 15 injured persons have been taken to hospital for treatment. (Nigeria-Blast)

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MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan -- At least six people were killed and 36 others injured as a suicide bomber blew himself up next to a group of Ashura mourners in the north Afghanistan Wednesday, a local official said.

"A procession of Ashura mourners were on a street in Balkh district of Balkh province to pay tribute to Imam Hussian the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), when a terrorist tied explosive device in his body blew himself up among the mourners," Balkh district governor Amir Mohammad Waqar told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Terrorist Attack) Endi