The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a wedding party in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul has risen to 80.
The initial death toll after the Saturday night blast was 63.
"Seventeen more have succumbed to their injuries in hospital and over 160 are still being treated either in hospitals or at home," a spokesman at the interior ministry said.
The IS militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Four dead in Mallorca building collapse
A two-storey restaurant building collapsed on the beach in Palma de Mallorca killing at least four people and injuring 16 people in the tourism hot spot in Spain's Balearic Islands.
Israeli forces kill dozens in deeper Gaza push
Israeli forces killed 35 Palestinians in aerial and ground bombardments across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and battled in close combat with Hamas in areas of the southern city of Rafah, health officials and Hamas media said.
Iran's President Raisi to be buried in Mashhad
Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi is set to be buried in the holy city of Mashhad on Thursday evening, four days after he was killed in a helicopter crash along with foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and six other people.
Russian attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv kills six
A Russian missile attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv killed at least six people and wounded at least 11 on Thursday, local authorities said.
China launches 'punishment' war games around Taiwan
A furious China launched "punishment" drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to "separatist acts", sending up heavily armed warplanes and staging mock attacks as state media denounced newly inaugurated President Lai Ching-te.
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