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At least nine people, including two security officials and a woman, were killed and 33 others injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden autorickshaw in a busy market in Serai Naurang tehsil of Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

At least 200 lawyers in Bangladesh linked to the Awami League have been barred from contesting bar association elections in at least 13 districts since January, according to local media reports. Many were reportedly prevented from collecting or submitting nomination papers, while others had their nominations cancelled by bar associations.

Kuwait has accused Iran of sending a six-member armed team from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to infiltrate Bubiyan Island, a strategically important island near Iraq and Iran in the Persian Gulf. Kuwaiti authorities said the group intended to carry out “hostile acts” and targeted the island’s Mubarak Al Kabeer Port, a major China-backed infrastructure project linked to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.