A total of 581 Afghan civilians were killed and 1,192 others wounded in the Afghan conflict in the first three months of the year, the UN mission in Afghanistan said Wednesday.
The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for the coordinated bombing attacks last Sunday in Sri Lanka. The group said its fighters carried out the series of explosions, which claimed 321 lives.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has entered Russia by train. Kim's train crossed the Russia-North Korea border at the Tumen River and arrived at Khasan Station on the Russian side on Wednesday morning.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed the border into Russia Wednesday for a first summit with Vladimir Putin, as Pyongyang seeks closer ties with its traditional ally amid a nuclear deadlock with the United States.
