The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing the governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province in a suicide bombing at his office.

Police say eight people were killed in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in Hamburg, apparently including the perpetrator.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his country wants to strengthen security cooperation and economic and cultural ties with India.

With Chinese leader Xi Jinping receiving a norms-breaking third five-year term as president, the other six men who serve with him on the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee are taking up their new portfolios.

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A man who fatally shot a woman and injured four others last year at a protest against police killings pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other charges.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as president, adding to signs he might stay in power for life.

Former President Donald Trump has been invited to testify next week before a New York grand jury that has been investigating hush money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign.