NEW YORK — An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted central Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 21:20:28 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 0.8696 degrees north latitude and 29.7046 degrees west longitude. (Atlantic-Earthquake)

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CHICAGO — At least one person died and five others were injured in a shooting outside a pancake house on Chicago’s Far South Side, the local police said.

The incident happened at about 1:50 p.m. One of the people shot, who was the “targeted individual,” died from injuries, Chicago Tribune quoted Chicago police as saying. The five others have been transported to local hospitals. (Chicago-Shooting-Killed)

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ADEN, Yemen — Some unidentified gunmen opened fire and killed a politician of Yemen’s Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Islah party in the country’s southern port city of Aden on Sunday, a security official told Xinhua.

The local security source said on condition of anonymity that “a group unidentified gunmen assassinated Awad Fadaaq, a leading politician of the Islamic Islah party in Aden province.” (Yemen-Gunmen-Politician)

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CAIRO — The Egyptian army announced on Sunday that its forces have recently killed 77 terrorists in the country’s restive North Sinai Province.

In a statement, the army said that three officers and four soldiers were either killed or injured during the operations that were carried out in the province between July 22 and Aug. 30. (Egypt-Terrorist-Army)

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DAR ES SALAAM — At least 230,000 hectares of forest in Tanzania’s central region of Singida is under threat following encroachment by people and grazing of livestock in the area, an official said on Sunday.

Edward Mpogolo, Ikungi district commissioner in Singida region, told a news conference that people have invaded the forest which was reserved in 2002 as part of a land management program. (Tanzania-Forest-Threat)

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MADRID — A wildfire that started on Thursday afternoon in the province of Huelva, southwest Spain, continued to spread on Sunday after affecting 10,000 hectares and leading to an evacuation of around 3,000 people.

Twenty-five aircraft and helicopters are helping to combat the flames, along with 250 firemen, who are supported by 157 members of Spain’s Military Emergency Unit and local volunteers. (Spain-Wildfire-Evacuation)