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The bomber detonated himself near the vehicle of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Deputy Inspector General of Police said.

The explosion, claimed by the Pakistani Taliban militant group, came after the group ended a ceasefire with the government this week.

ISPR, the mouthpiece of the Pakistani army, confirmed that forces foiled the attack by killing two bombers on the main gate of the government building.

The attacker was mingling with worshippers inside the Baqirul Olum mosque in the west of the city when he detonated the bomb, said senior police official Fridon Obaidi.

No Malaysians were involved in the suicide blast at the Nabawi Mosque in Madinah, Wisma Putra said in a statement.

There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the three attacks one of which, at the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, left four members of the security forces dead and others wounded.

Key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been charged over a deadly shootout with police in Brussels a week before the suicide blasts in the Belgian capital, his lawyer said Thursday.

Brussels Airport said it will partially reopen on Sunday, 12 days after it was hit by Islamic State suicide blasts.

The arrests come as Belgian ministers under fire for intelligence failings over Tuesday's Islamic State-claimed suicide blasts admitted "errors" and offered to quit.

A suicide bomber killed 12 people during morning prayers at a mosque in the village of Kouyape, in Cameroon's far north near the Nigerian border.

A suicide bomber killed at least six Afghan soldiers in the suburbs of Kabul, the latest in a spate of Taliban attacks in the capital.

The blast came at Wagah border gate near the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore after the "flag-lowering" ceremony.

In Malaysia, over half a million road accidents have been recorded so far this year.

The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.

Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.