Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Nov. 13

Four Americans were killed early Saturday morning in an explosion at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said.

"An apparent suicide bomber has taken the lives of two U.S. service members and two U.S. contractors working on the base," Carter said in a statement, adding that the explosion also wounded 16 other U.S. service members and one Polish soldier. (US-Afghanistan-Blast)

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TIRANA -- Floods generated by torrential rainfalls hit Albania, especially the country's northern regions, where several villages were inundated and hundreds of families were evacuated, local media reported Saturday.

Floods throughout the country have killed three people and destroyed many houses this week.(Albania-floods)

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ANKARA -- Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Saturday issued a travel warning concerning the United States as thousands of Americans have taken streets for the fourth day in a row to protest the President-elect Donald Trump.

"Turkish citizens should stay away from demonstrations in the U.S. cities, take necessary security measures at their homes and work, and inform security officials immediately in possible racist abuse or attacks," the statement on the ministry's website said. (Turkey-US-Travel Warning)

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JUBA -- Authorities in South Sudan have banned night parties in the capital of Juba in a bid to fight increasing cases of night-time killings that have rocked the city in recent months.

The government of Jubek State issued an order on Friday evening banning operation of night clubs and social gatherings within the city.(S.Sudan-Insecurity) Endi