Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 31

By Xinhua News Agency On Jan 31, 2023

In talks with Xinhua, Muhammad Asim, spokesperson of Lady Reading Hospital, where most of the injured people were shifted, said that 53 wounded victims are being treated at the hospital while the rest were discharged after treatment. OUAGADOUGOU– At least 28 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed in two separate gunmen attacks on Sunday and Monday…

ISLAMABAD — Death toll of Monday’s suicide blast in a mosque in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has risen to 100 on Tuesday with over 200 others injured, hospital sources said.

– – – –

OUAGADOUGOU — At least 28 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed in two separate gunmen attacks on Sunday and Monday in Burkina Faso, a regional governor and the army have revealed.

Fifteen civilians were killed on Sunday by unidentified armed men in the province of Comoe in western Burkina Faso on the border with Cote d’Ivoire, the governor of the Cascades region, Colonel Jean Charles dit Yenapono Some said. (Burkina Faso-Terrorism-Attack)

– – – –

TOKYO — Two male skiers who went missing after being caught in the mountains of central Japan’s Nagano prefecture over the weekend have been confirmed dead, local media reported.

Japanese police have yet to make public the identities of the two deceased skiers, Kyodo News said on Monday. (Japan-Avalanche-Accident)

– – – –

PHNOM PENH — Two local persons died in a fire at a nightclub in southwestern Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province on Monday night, a provincial police chief said on Tuesday.

The blaze broke out at 8 p.m. local time at the Julie & Anna nightclub in Sihanoukville when a worker was welding a curtain rod and welding sparks falling on sound insulation foam on the walls ignited the fire, Preah Sihanouk provincial police chief Chuon Narin said in a report. (Cambodia-Blaze-Accident) Enditem