Master Sgt. Romulo Galvez, a police officer in Bacolod City, was hailed as a hero after being killed in the line of duty during an anti-illegal drugs operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport on Thursday night.

Fresh bandit attacks in Nigeria's Kebbi, Kwara, and Plateau states have resulted in the deaths of 49 villagers and 10 bandits. Security forces have responded to the violence.

Eight people have been arrested and multiple individuals, including a former police officer, face murder charges in connection with a deadly fireworks warehouse explosion in Esparto, California, last July that killed seven people.

Lebanese Health Ministry says people killed in Israeli attacks since March 2 rises to 1,953 with 6,303 wounded.

A 25-year-old trainee teacher died in a road accident in Tawau, Malaysia, after her car veered off Jalan Bandar Sri I.