Two explosions were reported in Afghanistan, leaving four children killed and one child wounded, authorities confirmed. ....

Ride-hailing major Uber will halt its cabs in most of Belgium on Friday after a court ruling that extended an earlier 2015 order to also cover professional drivers providing its ride-hailing service. ....

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has extended travel restrictions on Pakistan by three months due to it being the last polio-endemic country, along with Afghanistan, Geo News reported. ....

The Swedish Parliament on Wednesday elected Magdalena Andersson as the country's first-ever female Prime Minister. ....

In response to the tightened Covid-19 measures, demonstrations were held across Europe this past weekend, amid rising new cases and a new wave of the pandemic. ....

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested positive for Covid-19, the media reported. ....

New Zealand reported 205 new cases of the Covid-19 Delta variant on Monday, which increased the nationwide infection tally to 10,176, according to the Ministry of Health. ....

At least five people were killed and more than 40 others injured after a vehicle rammed into a crowd at an annual holiday parade in Waukesha, a city in the US state of Wisconsin, authorities said on Monday. ....

With the holiday season approaching in the US, the country is running out of time to prevent the "dangerous" new surge of Covid-19 cases, warned chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci, even as he asked the fully vaccinated to ditch masks. ....

Women have been banned from appearing in television dramas in Afghanistan under new rules imposed by the Taliban-led government, the BBC reported. ....