Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday invited Imran Khan, who is set to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan, to visit Kabul, a spokesperson for Khan said. The cricketer-turned-politician has accepted the invitation.

Imran Khan will be sworn in as Pakistan's new Prime Minister before the country's independence day on August 14, his party has announced as it is trying to reach out to smaller parties and independents to form the next government.

Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was on Sunday shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) after his health deteriorated in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, the media reported.

Voting began on Sunday morning in the Cambodian general elections, in which the country's incumbent Prime Minister, Hun Sen, is running without the challenge of a main opposition.

Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, convicted for assaulting Israeli soldiers, was released on Sunday morning after serving an eight-month jail term, prison officials said.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which emerged as the single largest party but short of simple majority in the National Assembly elections, was yet to seek formal support from smaller parties or Independents to form the next government.

US President Donald Trump declared on Saturday a state of emergency in California and ordered the federal government to provide additional assistance due to the wildfires that since July 23 have devastated the region and forced authorities to evacuate close to 38,000 people.

A mother and her five children were killed on Saturday as a fire swept through a motel in the US state of Michigan.

Kiarre Curtis, 26, and her five children aged from two to 10 likely succumbed to smoke inhalation, Xinhua quoted the Berrien County sheriff's office as saying.