AFGHANISTAN: Militants killed four people in an assault on the offices of the Save the Children charity in the city of Jalalabad yesterday.

The victims comprised two members of staff, a security guard and a soldier. A suicide bomber who started the attack and four other assailants also died, according to provincial governor’s spokesman Attahullah Khogyani.

RUSSIA: The Supreme Court has overturned a decision to deport Uzbek citizen Khudoberdy Nurmatov back to his homeland.