BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi parliament failed Saturday to elect a new speaker due to wrangling between parliamentary political blocs.

The parliament's Acting Speaker Mohsen al-Mandalawi adjourned the session until further notice, after the third round of voting ended in failure. (Iraq-Parliament-Voting)

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GAZA -- At least 28 people were killed in Israeli continuous raids in Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources updated on Saturday.

Kamal Odwan Hospital, the only operative hospital in northern Gaza, issued a statement saying that it received at least 28 bodies since Saturday morning, most of whom were children and women. (Gaza-Israeli Attack-Jabalia Camp)

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KHARTOUM -- At least eight civilians were killed in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a village in Gezira State in central Sudan, a resistance committee announced on Saturday.

"The RSF attacked Wad Al-Munir village of Al-Hosh locality in Gezira State with the aim to loot," the resistance committee in Wad Madani, the capital city of the Gezira state, said in a statement on its Facebook page. (Sudan-Attack-Casualties)

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JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has killed more than 130 militants in targeted operations in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, according to a statement issued on Saturday.

As part of the operations, the Givati infantry brigade killed more than 80 militants in the area, and located dozens of rifles, grenades, and ammunition, according to the IDF statement. (Israel-Rafah-Operations)