Bamako, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) Today, the Malian Army claimed victories over two attacks by Islamist groups, one on the airport in the city of Timbuktu and the other on a military post in the city of Ber (center).

Damascus, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Coordination Center, based at the Hemeimim base in the Syrian coastal province of Latakia, delivered aid to Lebanese families displaced by the brutal Israeli bombardment of their country.

Damascus, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Armed Forces, supported by fighters from the popular militia Al-Quds Brigade, took complete control of the Al-Amour mountain range in the desert, after eliminating the radicals entrenching themselves in the area. Military personnel cited by several media outlets here revealed that after months of patrolling operations, uniformed personnel and their allies completely wiped out the remnants of the terrorist group Daesh in the aforementioned strategic heights, located between the governorates of Homs, Hama and Deir ez-Zor.

Khartoum, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) Health authorities in Sudan reported that 626 people have died from a cholera epidemic in the country, out of a total of 21,288 cases detected.

Colombo, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) Young people from Sri Lanka demanded the immediate removal of Cuba from the U.S.-created list of countries suspected of sponsoring terrorism, in an exciting event in honor of Ernesto Che Guevara.

Port-au-Prince, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) The people of Haiti remember King Henri Christophe, one of the most prominent figures of the slave revolution, on the 204th anniversary of his death. Christophe is considered in Haiti a visionary, a genius driven by an ideal of greatness that left its mark on the history of mankind and the Caribbean.

Beijing, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) China's Ministry of Commerce announced the imposition of provisional tariffs on brandy imports from the European Union (EU), amid trade tensions with the bloc.

Havana, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel recalled the altruism and validity of Ernesto Che Guevara's revolutionary thought, marking the 57th anniversary of his capture and subsequent assassination in Bolivia.