VOA60 World PM - Iraq: Four people killed in clashes among rival Shi'ite Muslim militants in Basra

Ukraine: U.N. nuclear inspectors arrived at the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Thursday to assess safety and security matters amid international concern that fighting between Russia and Ukraine in the area could endanger the facility. Malaysia: A court on Thursday sentenced Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, to a decade in prison for seeking and receiving bribes in exchange for government contracts. Reports say she is free on bond pending appeals. Iraq: Four people were killed in overnight clashes among rival Shi'ite Muslim militants in the southern city of Basra. Violence was reignited in Iraq this week as armed supporters of powerful Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr fought with security forces and Iran-aligned gunmen in Baghdad. West Bank: Two Palestinians were killed in separate clashes with the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Israeli army released footage of its troops raiding the city of Nablus. Russia: Ravil Maganov, the chairman of Russia's second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, died on Thursday. According to sources, the 67-year-old fell from a hospital window in Moscow but the circumstances surrounding his fall were not clear. Lukoil said in a statement that Maganov died after a severe illness.