Ukrainians have started casting their votes in a snap parliamentary election.
The result could consolidate power at the hands of new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Opinion polls suggest that his new party could win a majority in the elections.
Zelensky, a former comedian best known for playing a president on a popular television show, beat incumbent Petro Poroshenko with landslide 73 per cent of the vote in May's presidential election
Three students killed in Philippine school shooting, including gunman, officials say
A 16-year-old student shot dead at least two fellow students and then killed himself at a school in the southern Philippines on Friday, provincial officials said.
At least 16 killed in attack on police facility in northwest Pakistan
At least 16 people, including five police personnel, were killed in northwest Pakistan on Friday when an explosives-laden car rammed into a police facility on Friday.
India finds Nestle baby food sample substandard, takes legal action
India's food regulator said on Friday it had found a Nestle baby food sample to be substandard and was pursuing legal action against the Swiss company in one of its biggest growth markets.
Indonesia recovers 3 bodies from capsized ship in Java Sea
Indonesian rescuers have recovered three bodies from a passenger ship that capsized and sunk in the Java Sea last weekend, a Navy official told Reuters on Friday as the search for more than 100 missing passengers continues.
Gaza building collapse: Rescue efforts end after 45 saved
Gaza rescuers wrapped up searches on Thursday in the rubble of a bomb-damaged building that collapsed a day earlier, where 21 people were killed and 45 rescued from under the rubble, a Palestinian official said.
