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The county sheriff's office identified the victims as Olivia Gago, 9 months, Shaina Sweitzer, 31, Jerry Bremer, 66, and Pamela Bremer, 64

Two gunmen who tried to enter the compound were shot dead, says Mohebullah Sharifzai, spokesperson for the Maidan Wardak provincial governor

Actor Ben Affleck, who starred as Mendez in the Hollywood production, described the ex-agent on Twitter as "a man of extraordinary grace, decency, humility and kindness ... I'm so proud to have worked for him and to have told one of his stories."

Around half of China's 100 million Christians encounter persecution, "the worst it's been in more than a decade", following "new laws seeking to control religious expression", the Open Doors watchdog said.

Barnard b (or GJ 699 b) is a super-Earth with a minimum of 3.2 Earth masses. It orbits its red star every 233 days near the snow-line, a distance where water freezes.

Other names being floated include Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs David Malpass and Mark Green, head of the US Agency for International Development, according to a newspaper report.

A report also showed drone footage of discarded items headed to incinerators or landfills, which environmental activists denounced as an "ecological disaster."

Pompeo is due to travel to Saudi Arabia later on Sunday as part of an eight-day trip to Amman, Cairo, Manama, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh, Muscat, and finally Kuwait City.

Rescuers were looking for two miners who still are missing following the disaster in the northern city of Shenmu in Shaanxi province.

Her case has drawn global attention to Saudi Arabia's strict social rules, including a requirement that women have the permission of a male "guardian" to travel.

A fire broke out after the blast at around 9am (1:30pm IST) in the city's 9th district, a residential and shopping area.

If elected, the 37-year-old lawmaker would be the youngest president in the history of United States.

In his latest Instagram post, Donald Trump wrote: 'You know why you can enjoy a day at the zoo? Because walls work'.

Amazon.com again became Wall Street's most valuable company this week, surpassing Microsoft Inc. Bezos' fortune has soared to more than $160 billion, thanks to his stake in Amazon.

The father, whose name has not been released, said he believes his daughter fled because she felt neglected.

Share prices jumped in Asia and markets in Europe and the United States were expected to follow suit as the longer talks fuelled optimism that the world's largest economies were inching towards an agreement.