Sanaullah Ghafari, the 29-year-old leader of the Afghan branch of Islamic State, has overseen its transformation into one of the most fearsome branches of the global Islamist network, capable of operations far from its bases in the borderlands of Afghanistan.

The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas after the United States abstained from the vote, sparking a spat with its ally Israel.

Russia lowered flags to half-mast for a day of mourning and charged four men it accused of gunning down scores of people at a concert outside Moscow on Friday night in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades.

Australia’s government will support a minimum wage increase in line with inflation this year as low-income families continue to grapple with costs of living, although the rise would be smaller as inflation eased.

Thousands of Argentines took to the streets around the country to commemorate the anniversary of the 1976 military coup that lasted eight years and led to widespread repression, torture and disappearances.

A member of Israel’s war cabinet said he would quit the national emergency government should proposed legislation that continues to exempt ultra-Orthodox Jews from mandatory military service be passed into law.

The French government is raising its terror alert warning to its highest level following the shootings on Moscow.

Several opposition candidates in Senegal’s delayed presidential election declared rival Bassirou Diomaye Faye the winner.

A billionaire industrialist and a former Indian Air Force chief became the latest prominent figures.

Moscow’s Basmanny district court ruled that the first suspect in last week’s deadly concert hall attack.

Ecuador’s youngest mayor, Brigitte Garcia, and a staffer were found shot dead in a car.

The Islamic State still poses a threat in Iraq and the U.S.-led military coalition’s work with Iraq to fully defeat the group is not done, United States Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski told Reuters in an interview.