Top 10 world news: Norway reimposes restrictions as virus cases surge in Europe and more

At least three people were killed and 15 wounded Friday by a blast at a mosque inAfghanistan's restive Nangarhar province, a hotbed of Islamic State activity, officials said.The United States President Joe Biden might get an invite by Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics, which is scheduled to take place in February next year.

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The blast,for which no group has yet claimed responsibility,underscores one of the many challenges facing the new Taliban regime inAfghanistan, with the UN warning the country is also on the brink of the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

According to reports,the Chinese President is likely to extend his personal invitation to Biden when the two leaders will meet during a virtual summit.

While retaining a central demand for countries to set tougher climate pledges next year, the draft uses weaker language than a previous one in asking them to phase out subsidies for the fossil fuels that are the prime manmade cause of global warming.

Calling the activity by the US military ''aggressive,'' the Russian defence ministry said it ''posed a threat to regional and strategic stability.''

State-backed Securities Daily newspaper criticised''The 'worship of turnover' is not only unsustainable in terms of digital growth but is also inextricably linked to chaos.''

Belarusian state-run airline on Friday banned citizens from Iraq, Syria and Yemen from boarding incoming Turkey flights at the request of Turkish authorities amid a migrant standoff between Belarus and Poland.

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr saidcoronavirusrestrictions would be reinstated throughout the country due to a surge in virus cases.

Taiwan’s health minister Chen Shih-chung has said that they are suspendingsecond doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT) Covid vaccine to children in the 12-17 age group amid concerns that it may increase the risk of myocarditis.

After facing backlash, Schroeder defended himself, saying he was ''referring to the supply chain backlogs caused by congestion problems in California ports.''

According to reports,Thai KingMaha Vajiralongkorn returned to Germany this week with his entourage of 250 members and had reportedly booked the entire fourth floor of a hotel in Munich as he arrived in the country.