The number of people injured in multiple bomb blasts that rocked the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Monday has risen to 123.
Fourteen bombs exploded in public squares, markets and outside restaurants in the eastern city as the country marked its 100th Independence Day.
Officials confirmed no deaths were reported in the blasts.
No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attacks so far.
It comes just days after an IS suicide attack on a crowded Kabul wedding hall left 63 people dead.
Trump adds seven countries to full travel ban list
President Donald Trump has expanded a list of countries subject to a full travel ban on Tuesday, prohibiting citizens from an additional seven countries, including passports from Syria and Palestine, from entering the United States.
Indian parliament votes to allow private firms in nuclear power sector
The lower house of Indian parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of an atomic energy bill that will allow private participation in the country's nuclear power sector.
Doctors in England start five-day walkout during flu surge
Doctors in England began a five-day strike on Wednesday over pay and working conditions during a surge in flu cases and with no end in sight to an increasingly bitter dispute with the government.
Israeli settler kills 16-year-old Palestinian in West Bank, mayor says
An Israeli settler shot dead a 16-year-old Palestinian in the town of Tuqu' on Tuesday after the funeral of another teenager, the town's mayor said.
Paris' Louvre reopens partially but staff vote to extend strike
France's Louvre museum in Paris partially reopened on Wednesday despite its staff unanimously voting to extend a strike they began on Monday over pay and working conditions.
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