Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 17

ISLAMABAD -- At least eight people were killed and 44 others injured in a suicide attack at a church in Pakistan's southwestern provincial capital of Quetta on Sunday, hospital sources told Xinhua.

Local reports said that the death toll may further rise as nine were in critical conditions, and that about 10 to 15 kg of explosives were used in the attack. (Pakistan-Quetta-Blast)

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- An Afghan woman was killed and four civilians wounded when a suicide car bomb struck a NATO-led coalition forces' convoy in Kandahar city, capital of southern province of Kandahar on Sunday, a local official said.

The blast occurred at around 02:00 p.m. local time (O930 GMT) in Police District 5 of Kandahar city, along a road which connects the city to the international airport, the source told Xinhua anonymously. (Afghanistan-Car Bomb-NATO Convoy)

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LONDON -- Six people were killed and several others injured in a multiple-vehicle crash in the central British city of Birmingham early Sunday, police said.

The Sky News reported that three people were injured, with one in critical conditions. (UK-Road Accident)

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SANAA -- Ten women were killed on Sunday in an airstrike by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in central Yemen's province of Marib, a provincial security official and medics said.

The women were killed as the bus carrying them while returning home from a wedding party was hit by the attack. (Yemen-Airstrike-Deaths) Enditem