Donald Trump said he was not briefed on US intelligence related to Russian activity in Afghanistan because it was not thought "credible" by the secret services.

Twenty-three people died and dozens more were missing on Monday after a ferry capsized in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka following a collision with another vessel, rescue officials said.

China said Monday it would impose visa restrictions on US citizens who had "behaved egregiously" over Hong Kong, ahead of the expected approval by Chinese lawmakers of a controversial national security law for the city.

An Australian lawmaker whose home was raided amid an investigation into Chinese influence operations accused his foes of a "political lynching" Monday, as he denied any wrongdoing.

Police and intelligence agents raided the home and office of New South Wales state legislator Shaoquett Moselmane at dawn on Friday, part of a months-long investigation into foreign political interference.

A group of gunmen attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi Monday, according to police and officials from the trading floor with fighting ongoing.

The EU and Britain launch an intense five weeks of negotiations on a deal to define their post-Brexit relations on Monday, with London keen to wrap things up quickly.

French people went to the polls wearing face masks Sunday for the final round of municipal elections expected to yield a low voter turnout and a rebuke for the party of President Emmanuel Macron.

One person was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a Black Lives Matter rally in the U.S. state of Kentucky, police said.

Iran's supreme leader warned on Saturday that the country's economic problems would worsen if the novel coronavirus spreads unchecked, saying the initial momentum to contain it had since "waned".

Two employees of Afghanistan's human rights body were killed in a bomb attack in Kabul on Saturday, the agency said.