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World in brief: September 15, 2024
People attend funeral prayers for Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26 year-old Turkish-US activist killed by the Israeli military, outside the central mosque of Didim, Turkey, September 14, 2024

CZECH REPUBLIC: Another night of torrential rains in central Europe forced massive evacuations in the hardest-hit areas in the Czech Republic, where floods reached extreme levels today.

Authorities declared the highest flood warnings in almost 90 places across the country and in two north-eastern regions that recorded the biggest rainfall in recent days, including the Jeseniky mountains near the Polish border.

EGYPT: Two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Nile Delta on Saturday, killing at least three people, two of them children, authorities said.

The crash happened in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya province, the country’s railway authority said in a statement. 

Egypt’s Health Ministry said the collision injured at least 40 others.

INDIA: One of India’s main opposition figures and New Delhi’s chief minister said today he was resigning from office, two days after he was granted bail by India’s top court in a bribery case.

Arvind Kejriwal, a fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was arrested nearly six months ago ahead of national elections on charges of receiving bribes from a liquor distributor. 

Kejriwal has consistently denied the accusations against him and called them a “political conspiracy.”

TURKEY: A Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank was laid to rest on Saturday in her hometown in Turkey with thousands lining the streets.

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was shot dead on September 6 by an Israeli soldier during a demonstration against Israeli West Bank settlements.

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