Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative alliance has finished first in Germany's elections, exit polls suggest, putting her in a position to lead the country for a historic fourth term.
Afghan officials say Taliban militants have killed a district police chief in the southern province of Helmand.
Pakistan and India are trading accusations of state-sponsored terrorism against each other at the UN General Assembly in New York.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Social Democratic rival Martin Schulz rallied voters on the eve of the September 24 general election, urging them to reject the first right-wing party expected to enter parliament in force since the end of World War II.
Austria and Germany joined France on September 22 in saying they are considering staying away from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea because of growing fears about North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
The U.S. government on September 22 notified 21 states that their voting systems were targeted by hackers in last year's presidential election, and several of the most closely contested states said the hackers were linked to the Russian government.
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet in New York on September 23 and discuss organizing a meeting between the two countries' presidents, Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian said.
Police in London have charged an 18-year-old man with attempted murder and causing an explosion in connection with a bomb attack on the London subway last week.
The Kremlin has denied any involvement in Russia-linked Facebook advertisements that were posted on the popular social network during last year's U.S. presidential election campaign.
The UN Security Council has approved a resolution directing United Nations investigators to help Iraq collect evidence to build potential war crimes cases against Islamic State (IS) extremists.
Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, in his first address before the UN General Assembly on September 21, rejected the new U.S. war strategy in neighboring Afghanistan while praising China's growing economic role in the region.
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