A massive car bomb blast at a restaurant in Somalia's capital killed at least seven people, police said Wednesday, as fears grew that al-Shabab extremists who have vowed to destabilize the country's new government were behind it.
A Taliban suicide bomber struck a vehicle carrying census workers in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing two data collectors and four soldiers who were escorting them, officials said.
As the residents of Russia's second-largest city try to regain their nerve in the wake of a fatal subway bombing, officials announced Wednesday that six people have been arrested on suspicion of recruiting others to commit extremist crimes.
Mexico's federal police force says one of its ex-officers obstructed an investigation into a drug cartel in exchange for "personal benefit." Federal police commissioner Manelich Castilla said Tuesday the officer was fired in November and had recently turned himself in to U.S. authorities in Chicago.
Mexico's environmental department says the plan to capture and enclose the few remaining vaquita porpoises won't begin until autumn because waters in the Gulf of California will be calmer then.
Russia voiced hope Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's planned visit next week will help improve relations between the former Cold War foes.
As the U.S. and other Western nations sharply denounced the Assad and Putin regimes for the deadly gas attack in Syria, Russia on Wednesday tried to deflect blame by pointing to Syrian rebels.
Lawmakers in Slovakia have annulled criminal pardons granted by former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar that barred an investigation into the kidnapping of the son of late President Michal Kovac.
Supporters of legal rhino horn trade in South Africa say the country's top court has ruled in their favor, rejecting a government appeal to preserve a 2009 ban on the domestic trade.
Poland's opposition called on the government Wednesday to abandon its plan to reorganize a top judicial body, contending that it would violate the constitution and bring judges under political influence.
A French prosecutor says two judges will investigate allegations that French authorities and the southern city of Nice failed to implement proper security measures before a man drove a truck into crowds of Bastille Day revelers.
A French prosecutor says two judges will investigate allegations that French authorities and the southern city of Nice failed to implement proper security measures before a man drove a truck into crowds of Bastille Day revelers.
A French prosecutor says two judges will investigate allegations that French authorities and the southern city of Nice failed to implement proper security measures before a man drove a truck into crowds of Bastille Day revelers.
Doll maker Irina Medyantseva was taking the subway in St. Petersburg Monday afternoon to see off her daughter, who was about to hop on a train to another Russian town.
A North Korean missile test ended in failure Wednesday when the rocket spun out of control and plunged into the ocean in a fiery crash, a senior U.S. defense official said.
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