Three police officers have been killed and three others were injured in a roadside bomb blast in the eastern Afghan province of Herat, the country's TOLOnews broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing the Kohsan district governor

An explosion at a power plant in southwestern Iran has triggered a fire, the head of the Ahvaz fire department told the country's state-run IRNA agency on Saturday

More than 120 people died or have gone missing in China since the beginning of the year due to floods, while another 875,000 had to evacuate from dangerous areas for the same reason, Chinese media reported on Saturday, citing authorities

Two people have sustained injuries and were taken to a hospital after a car rammed into protesters in the US state of Washington, media reported on Saturday, citing patrol

A court in Paris has sentenced Tyler Vilus to 30 years in jail for his role in an Islamic State (IS, terrorist organization, banned in Russia) group execution in Syria, according to French media reports

Japanese capital Tokyo registered 131 new cases on COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, a third consecutive day of posting more than 100 infections, media reported Saturday

Rescuers have found 14 people without vital signs at a care home in the Japanese settlement of Kuma, in Kumamoto prefecture, after heavy rains led to severe flooding and landslides, the Kyodo News agency reports on Saturday

Shehryar Afridi, Chairman Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, today called on Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir at Kashmir House