At least 52 killed in rebel raid on village near mine

Ituri: Rebels in eastern Congo have attacked a village near a mine in the Ituri province, killing at least 52 people, government officials said.

Fighters with the group known as Codeco attacked the town of Kablangete on Sunday, said the mayor of Mongwalu, which is four miles away. In addition to those killed, 100 civilians are missing, he added.

The killings are a “barbaric and cowardly act of Codeco terrorists on innocent populations”, Congo’s ministry of communications said.

In February, Codeco fighters attacked the Djugu area and killed at least 60 people.

Eastern Congo has been destabilised for years by attacks by several different rebel groups, including Codeco, that are vying for control of the mineral-rich area.

Jerusalem: Israeli police have arrested a 65-yearold woman suspected of sending death threats with bullets to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s family last month.

A police statement identified the woman only as a resident of southern Israel.

The force said further details remain under a court-issued gagging order.

Mr Bennett’s family received two death threats in the post, along with the bullets.

In response, security around the premier and his family was tightened and police and the Shin Bet internal security agency opened an investigation.

Mr Bennett, who leads a small nationalist party, has come under intense criticism from Israeli hardliners who accuse him of abandoning his ideology.

Mr Bennett’s government was formed after four inconclusive parliamentary elections that highlighted deep divisions over relations with the Palestinians, religion and state.

A strong earthquake has struck off the east coast of Taiwan.

No serious damage or injuries were reported and authorities said there was no danger of a tsunami.

The magnitude-6.1 quake was centred 17 miles deep and about 56 miles off the city of Hualien, Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau said.

The strongest shaking was in north-east Taiwan, including the capital Taipei. The earthquake’s location was 44 miles south-west of the remote island of Yonaguni at the western end of the Japanese archipelago.

Chinese media said the earthquake was also felt in parts of mainland China.

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Cairo: Thirteen teenage boys have been arrested and accused of harassing two women tourists at the Giza Pyramids near the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

The boys remain in custody pending an investigation, Egypt’s public prosecutor said.

The arrests came after a video on social media showed a crowd of boys swarming around two young women at the Egyptian tourist attractions.

The boys are seen jeering at the women and some press close to them as they try to get away. It is unclear from the footage whether any of the boys groped the women.

A tour guide who filmed the incident with his smartphone has accused the teenagers of “verbally and physically” harassing the women – charges they deny, the office of the chief prosecutor said. According to a statement from the prosecutor’s office, the arrested boys are between 13 and 15 years old.