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Dozens Killed & Injured In Kabul Blast
A suicide car bomb has exploded in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 30 people.
At least 42 people were injured in the blast and there are fears the number of casualties could rise.
The blast in the west of the city, in a mainly Shia district, struck a bus carrying government employees from the ministry of mines, officials said. The Taliban said they had carried out the attack and were targeting intelligence service officials.
Kabul has seen a number of deadly attacks this year blamed on the Taliban or so-called Islamic State.
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Police Report Truck Driven At Pedestrians In Manchester
A pick-up truck was driven at pedestrians in Manchester city centre, police have said.
A man was hit when the Isuzu D-Max Fury vehicle was "deliberately" driven at people on Well Street at about 23:20 BST on Sunday.
Police say it was a "targeted attack" but "not terror-related". The man who was struck left the scene in a BMW and the truck chased him for a short time.
The car window was smashed but the man was not seriously injured.
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Ukrainian Soldiers Killed In Heavy Battle
The Ukrainian military says five of its soldiers died in heavy rebel shelling of Ukrainian army positions at Avdiivka just north of rebel-held Donetsk.
Three Ukrainian troops died earlier when a mine blew up, the military said.
The US Department of State called it "the deadliest one-day period in 2017" in the eastern Ukraine conflict.
In a video tweet on Thursday, the state department blamed the "Russian-led" rebels for the flare-up and urged both sides to observe the fragile ceasefire. The rebels also reported clashes on Thursday but did not confirm the Ukrainian death toll.
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Americans To Be Banned From Visiting North Korea
The US is to ban its citizens from travelling to North Korea, according to two agencies that operate tours there.
Koryo Tours and Young Pioneer Tours said the ban would be announced on 27 July to come into effect 30 days later. They were informed by the Swedish embassy, which conducts US affairs in the country.
The US has not yet confirmed the ban but there has been momentum, given the worsening ties and the death of jailed American student Otto Warmbier.
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President Trump Ceases Arms Programme To Syrian Groups
US President Donald Trump has ended the CIA's clandestine programme to provide weapons and supplies to Syrian rebel groups, officials have said.
The programme began in 2013 as Mr Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, decided to put pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to stand down.
The decision to halt it was made almost a month ago, by which time the flow of arms had already slowed significantly. The officials said the move was part of an effort to improve ties with Russia.
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Crime On The Rise According To Office For National Statistics
Crime in England and Wales has seen its largest annual rise in a decade, according to the Office for National Statistics.
The total number of crimes reported to and recorded by the police rose by 10% between April 2016 and March 2017 to almost five million.
Violent crime was up by 18%, robbery by 16% and sex offences by 14%. Yet the Crime Survey of England and Wales, based on people's experiences of crime, showed a 7% drop.
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Head Of French Armed Forces Quits
The head of the French armed forces has quit after a clash with President Emmanuel Macron over budget cuts.
Gen Pierre de Villiers said in a statement he could no longer "guarantee the durability of the army model" that he considered necessary to ensure France's protection.
France's government last week revealed major cuts to bring its budget deficit below the level of an EU cap. Mr Macron had said he would not tolerate dissent from the military.
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Holocaust Survivors Meet The Duke & Duchess Of Cambridge
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have visited a former concentration camp as they continue their tour of Poland.
The Royal couple met five Holocaust survivors at Stutthof, near Gdansk, where 65,000 people were killed by the Nazis in World War Two.
Speaking at a garden party to mark the Queen's birthday, Prince William hailed the country's "incredible bravery" during the German occupation.
Prince William and his family are on a five-day tour of Poland and Germany. Prince George, three, and Princess Charlotte, two, have accompanied their parents on the trip.
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German Teenager Arrested In Mosul Suspected Of Being IS Member
German prosecutors are investigating whether a 16-year-old German girl is among a group of suspected members of so-called Islamic State held in Mosul.
She was reportedly among a group of 20 foreigners found by Iraqi troops in a tunnel under the Old City on Thursday.
Officials are trying to confirm if she is the same girl who went missing from the German town of Pulsnitz last year.
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Australian Military Given New Powers Responding To Terror Attacks
The Australian military is to be given broad new powers to respond to domestic terrorist attacks.
The government-proposed changes to national security laws are part of a review into counter-terrorism.
The new measures would mean the Australian Defence Force (ADF) could be called in sooner to help police deal with threats. They were prompted by criticism of the speed with which police responded to the 2014 siege in a cafe in Sydney.
Current legislation prevents police from calling on the ADF until they have reached the limit of their capability or capacity.
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