Afghanistan

The group of Red Cross workers were attacked by Islamic State in Jowzjan province.

The attacker, wearing a suicide vest, targeted the court employees as they were leaving a building in Kabul.

Four men died in one week in the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos.

The annual UN report on Afghanistan show civilian casualty at all-time high since Taliban demise in 2001.

At least 50 people die in eastern Afghanistan, with dozens more missing after an avalanche buried a village in Nuristan.

Many deaths have been reported across Afghanistan after avalanches bury people and homes.

Two state-owned companies will build a copper mine on Unesco world heritage site Mes Aynak.

Alexander Blackman was sentenced to life for the 2011 murder of a wounded jihadist in Afghanistan.

A government official said the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device hidden in a vegetable box.

David Fox and Giuseppe Serafino could face up to 12 years in prison if convicted of drug possession.

Abdulgadir Masharipov has been accused of killing 39 people at Istanbul's Reina nightclub on New Year's Day.

Among the dead were four women, Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior has said.

Hamza bin Laden, a son of Osama bin Laden's third wife, has called for attacks on the West.

It was the first time since 1968 no one had died although there were deaths on exercises.

The Taliban have denied executing the woman, who was killed by a group of armed men.

One of the attackers blew himself up at the house of Helmand MP, Mir Wali, helping two gunmen enter the compound.

Several Western embassies in Kabul have called for an investigation into Ahmad Ishchi's allegations.

The boy has been forced to flee Afghanistan because his family were bombarded with death threats.

However, top Pakistan Cricket Board official Najam Sethi refuses to divulge the name of the country.

Drone pioneer Michael Flynn seeks to stamp out Islamist ideology as Trump's National Security Adviser.

Faiz ul Rahman Wardak, a fourth-year student, was hanged 60 km outside the Afghan capital.

The retired general once said it was 'fun to shoot some people'.

The programme is run by Skateistan – a charity who use skateboarding and education as a means of youth empowerment.

Thirty-five were also injured in the blast at the Baqir-ul Ulom Mosque.

Demonstrators angry about US foreign policy on Greece and wars in asylum-seekers home countries of Afghanistan and Syria.

The incident took place near the Afghan defence ministry compound in Kabul.

The US covers approximately 73% of Nato's costs.

The explosion was caused by a man wearing a suicide vest, local officials said.

Massive explosion occurred at night when a vehicle rammed gates of the German diplomatic building.

80 others were also wounded during the incident in Mazar-e-Sharif.