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Eight election workers who were stationed at the centre to register voters ahead of the presidential polls in September were also killed in the attack, said Zabiullah Sadaat, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC).

Iran would resist any US sanctions, just as it persevered during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war when the forces of the then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein launched a chemical attack on an Iranian town, foreign minister said.

Riyadh has hit back against claims that Prince Mohammed bears responsibility in the murder of Khashoggi, who was killed and dismembered in what Saudi authorities have described as a rogue operation.

he World Meteorological Organization said 2019 was on track to be among the world's hottest years, and that 2015-2019 would then be the hottest five-year period on record.

University of Utah researchers studied fossilised teeth of 16 extinct crocodile species and determined that evolutionary pressures led them to have a plant-based diet.

Here are five issues likely to dominate the G20 Summit, hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Boris Johnson's comments came just a day after he promised to leave the EU at the end of October 'come what may, do or die', raising fears in parliament that he will attempt to push through a no-deal Brexit.

Activists say Japan has fallen behind on reducing plastic consumption and is caving to US pressure to water down language on climate change to achieve a unanimous statement on the issue.

The debate began at about the same time that Air Force One, carrying Trump and his entourage to Japan, stopped to refuel at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are expected to discuss the status of the trade agreement and find ways to finalise the deal, which has been stuck for the past several weeks.

The picture of Oscar Alberto Martinez, 25, and his 24-month-old daughter Angie Valeria put a renewed focus on the plight of refugees and migrants who are mostly from Central America.

Twenty-five-year-old Oscar Martinez Ramirez fled El Salvador with his 21-year-old wife and their daughter and decided to make the risky crossing from Mexico to the US.

The case brought by nearly 200 congressional Democrats argues that Trump has been accepting gifts from foreign and state governments without congressional approval.

Trump said the sanctions "will deny the Supreme Leader and the Supreme Leader's office, and those closely affiliated with him and the office, access to key financial resources and support."

The court held that such a prohibition violates the First Amendment right to free speech.

The dpa news agency quoted the interior ministry of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state as confirming the crash of two Euro fighter jets Monday.