Two police officers and five Taliban militants were killed in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz during a predawn fighting on Friday, a local official confirmed.
Four members of a family including two children were killed and one was injured when the roof of their house collapsed on Friday due to the heavy rain in the northern Indian state of Punjab, police said.
Iraq has ordered schools to teach pupils online, cancelled Friday prayers and suspended trade with major partner Iran, after confirming its first three deaths from the new coronavirus.
World health officials have warned that countries are not taking the coronavirus crisis seriously enough, as outbreaks surged across Europe ............
