KABUL -- At least four people were killed and eight others injured as a blast hit south gate of Kabul University in the Afghan capital on Friday, an Interior Ministry official, Bahar Mehr said.

The blast took place at 7:10 a.m. local time when a number of students were gathered to enter the Master degree examination, the official said, adding a girl is among those injured in the blast. (Afghanistan-Blast)

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TOKYO -- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono summoned South Korean Ambassador to Japan Nam Gwan Pyo on Friday to lodge a protest over Seoul regarding the arbitration of a wartime labor dispute.

The Japanese side believes Seoul has missed a deadline to establish an arbitration panel to settle the dispute over wartime labor.

Kono told Nam that Seoul refusing to cooperate with the arbitration process was "unfortunate." (Japan-South Korea-Labor dispute)

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SYDNEY -- A study released on Friday by Australia's Murdoch Children's Research Institute has attempted to tackle problematic snacking by finding out which factors contribute to overeating.

It is not surprising that snacking has become a major contributor to childhood obesity. Given the opportunity, most kids would happily shovel handfuls of chips and chocolate into their mouths between meals, whether out of hunger or boredom or both. (Australia-Children)

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TOKYO-- Japan's core consumer prices rose in June from a month earlier, the government said in a report on Friday.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.6 percent from a year earlier in the reporting month. (Japan-Consumer Price)

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SEOUL -- A South Korean man in his late 70s died Friday after setting fire to his own car near the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, and suffering burns all over his body, according to local media reports. (S.Korea-Japan-Fire) Enditem

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