IVORY COAST:  A crash involving a freight lorry and a passenger bus in Ivory Coast today killed at least 17 people and left several injured, authorities said.

The vehicles collided in Ponan-Ouinlo, a village in the west of the country, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement, without specifying the cause of the accident. An investigation has been launched.

TURKEY: A fire at a ski resort hotel in north-western Turkey today killed at least 10 people and hospitalised 32 others, officials said.