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MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: A reporter of a local TV channel has succumbed to the injuries received in the explosion that occurred near Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s election campaign headquarters in the town of Kandahar, TV channel 1TV reported on Wednesday.

Yesterday evening a powerful explosion occurred in Kandahar near the building in which a group organizing the election campaign for the current Afghan president is located. Three people, including one teenager, were killed, and seven were hospitalized, including the Afghan TV reporter.

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: The possibility of US President Donald Trump being impeached as a result of the inquiry launched by the Congress is marginal, while the American leader himself can take advantage of the situation to attack the Democrats, Russian experts told TASS on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: The Black Sea Fleet’s diesel-electric submarine Kolpino dived to a depth of over 240 meters at a practice range in the Black Sea during drills, the Fleet’s press office reported on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: A Russian fishing trawler has caught fire in the Norwegian port of Tromso (Troms County), the local police informed on Wednesday.

"Port of Breivik: a fire on a Russian trawler, heavy smoke on site," the local law enforcement stated on its Twitter account.

The NRK channel informed that there are no sailors on board the trawler. The photos provided by the channel suggest that the name of the vessel on fire is "Bukhta Naezdnik." Evacuation of people in the near vicinity of the incident is underway. 

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: European Union countries have approved sanctions against seven more Venezuelan officials, Agence France-Presse reported on Wednesday, citing a diplomatic source.

According to the news agency, the new sanctions will target Venezuela’s intelligence agencies. The source said that "tortures and other human rights violations" were the reason for new sanctions.

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has castigated the US for its failure to grant visas to some Russian delegates to the UN General Assembly in New York as a 'shameful' move, recalling that the US delegation to Sochi had been issued 200 visas.

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: The results of the September 8 election have been declared invalid in 15 voting stations across six Russian regions, Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairperson Ella Pamfilova said at a CEC meeting on Wednesday.

"As of now, the election results in 15 polling stations in six Russian regions have been declared null and void. These regions include Crimea, the Tuva, Primorsky, Moscow and Oryol Regions, as well as the city of St. Petersburg," she specified.

KIEV, September 25. /TASS/: Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Tuesday said his telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump the latter agreed to make public was "private and confidential".

When approached by CNN at the United Nations in New York, Zelensky simply responded that his conversations with President Donald Trump were "private and confidential."

When asked if he wanted the transcript of the call to be released, Zelensky said, "We'll see."

25 September 2019; AFP: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday won the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes called the "alternative Nobel Prize", the jury for the Swedish human rights prize said.

Thunberg was honoured "for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts," the Right Livelihood Foundation said in a statement.

BERN (Reuters) - The Swiss parliament on Wednesday approved Attorney General Michael Lauber for a third term, opting for continuity despite impending disciplinary proceedings over his handling of a soccer corruption probe.

Lauber was thrown into the limelight last year when details emerged of confidential meetings he and another high-level prosecutor held with FIFA officials while investigating suspected corruption in world soccer.

The resulting questions over their impartiality sent shockwaves through the Swiss justice system.