Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 7

BERLIN -- Foreign ministers of Germany and Turkey on Saturday held meeting in the German city Goslar, in a bid to seek reconciliation after two years of tensions.

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel welcomed his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu to his hometown of Goslar in north Germany, Gabriel's hometown. (Germany-Turkey-Reconciliation)

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QUITO -- Ecuador's National Assembly on Saturday elected Maria Alejandra Vicuna to serve as the country's vice president, after her predecessor Jorge Glas was sentenced to six years in prison for corruption.

Vicuna, 39, was minister of Urban Development and Housing until President Lenin Moreno designated her to fill in as acting vice president in October. (Ecuador-VP)

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TEHRAN -- An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Sar Pol Zahab city in Iran's western province of Kermanshah on Saturday at 18:52 local time (1522 GMT), Iran's Seismological Center reported.

The epicenter, with a depth of 8 km, was initially determined to be at 34.458 degrees north latitude and 45.791 degrees east longitude. (Iran-Quake)

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BAQUBA, Iraq -- At least three people were killed Saturday in bombing attacks targeting an anti-IS tribal leader in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a provincial security source told Xinhua.

The attack took place in the evening when a booby-trapped car detonated near the guest house of Sheikh Haitham al-Houm, the leader of al-Nedah tribe in al-Nedah area, some 60 km east of Diyala's provincial capital Baquba," the source said on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-Diyala-Bomb Attacks) Enditem