Japan Earthquake Leaves 3 Dead and 300 Injured: VOA60 World for June 18, 2018

Japan: At least three people are dead and more than 300 others injured after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Osaka, Japan’s second-largest city. Colombia: Right-wing lawmaker Ivan Duque won Colombia's presidential election Sunday, promising to rewrite the government's 2016 peace accord with former FARC rebels. Nigeria: Two suicide bombings have killed at least 31 people in Damboa, a town in northeastern Borno state, Boko Haram militants are suspected in the attacks. Afghanistan: Taliban leaders sharply rejected the government’s calls to extend a three-day cease-fire after the Eid holiday; peaceful celebrations had given rise to cautious optimism. Israeli jets struck nine targets belonging to the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for incendiary kites and balloons flown over the border in recent weeks.