RUSSIA: A blast in an upscale residential block in Moscow killed one person and wounded four others this morning, Russian news agencies reported.

Those wounded in the blast, the cause of which was not revealed, were hospitalised in grave condition, Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing Moscow health officials.

PAKISTAN: A police officer working on Pakistan’s first polio vaccination drive of the year was shot and killed today in Jamrud, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan by unidentified gunmen, police said.