INDIA: A crowd surge at a Hindu temple in northern India has left at least six people dead and dozens injured, local authorities said today.

The incident in the pilgrimage city of Haridwar occurred after a high-voltage electric wire reportedly fell on a temple path, triggering panic among the large crowd of devotees.

Some 29 people were injured, according to senior police official Pramendra Singh Doval.

SUDAN: Notorious paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies announced on Saturday that they have formed a parallel government in areas under the group’s control, which are mainly in the western region of Darfur where allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity are being investigated.

The RSF-led Tasis Alliance appointed General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the commander of the paramilitary group, as head of the sovereign council in the new administration. 

TURKEY: Wildfires that have engulfed the country for weeks threatened Bursa, its fourth-largest city, today, causing more than 1,500 people to flee their homes and leaving a firefighter dead.

Dozens of severe wildfires have hit Turkey daily since late June, with the government declaring the western provinces of Izmir and Bilecik disaster areas on Friday.

IRAN: Authorities announced today that two members of exiled opposition group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq had been executed after they wered convicted of carrying out attacks on public and civilian infrastructure.

The judiciary’s official news website, Mizan Online, reported that Behrouz Ehsani Eslamlou and Mehdi Hasani had been hanged this morning after being found guilty of using improvised mortar launchers to target residential areas, educational institutions and government buildings.