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.
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Japan quake snarls auto and chip supply chains as toll hits 34
A powerful earthquake that struck southern Japan this week has exposed the vulnerability of the country's manufacturing supply chains, a decade after a devastating quake in the same region triggered widespread industry disruption.
Death toll rises to at least 34 after blast at Pakistan coal mine complex
An explosion that buried parts of a mining complex has killed at least 34 miners in Pakistan's Balochistan province, Pakistani officials said on Friday.
Indian federal police file charges against 13 over exam paper leaks
India's Central Bureau of Investigation has filed charges against 13 people in connection with leaked question papers for the national medical college entrance test, days after youth-led protests over the scandal forced the education minister to quit.
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