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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 25

Xinhua, November 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

A suicide tanker truck bomb attack on Thursday killed some 80 Shiite pilgrims, including 24 Iranians, at a fuel station in Babil province in south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, security sources said.

The attack occurred in the afternoon when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden tanker truck at a fuel station in the town of Shomali in east of the provincial capital city of Hillah, some 100 km south of Baghdad, destroying buses carrying Iranian pilgrims and many nearby vehicles. (Iraq-Bombing)

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JUBA -- Authorities in South Sudan's eastern State of Jonglei said Thursday that at least 25 people have been killed and 2,100 herds of cattle raided in a series of attacks carried out by a splinter rebel group linked to South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar.

Local member of parliament Philip Thon Leek told reporters in Juba that gunmen launched a series of attacks between Nov. 11 and 19, killing at least 25 and injuring 17 others in Duk County. (S.Sudan-Killings)

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CHICAGO -- A shooting happened in Shawnee Park of Louisville, U.S. State of Kentucky, on Thursday, typically the Thanksgiving Day, killing two and injuring four.

No further information on victims, nor gunman are available now. (U.S.-Shooting-Kentucky)

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MEXICO CITY -- A magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook El Salvador on Thursday and the strong quake was also felt across Central America in Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala.

The country's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources said on Twitter that a tsunami alert was initiated. In the hour following the quake, five aftershocks were felt in the same area. (El-Salvador-Earthquake)

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DAMASCUS -- At least 12 people were killed on Thursday by shelling on rebel-held areas in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, a monitor group reported.

Aerial and ground shelling by the government forces targeted rebel-held areas in the eastern part of Aleppo, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Meanwhile, the Qatari-based al-Jazeera TV said the death toll in eastern Aleppo has risen to over 50. (Syria-Aleppo-Shelling) Endi