KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing the council chief and at least 13 others, authorities said.Baghlan provincial council leader Mohammad Rasoul Mohseni was entering the compound in the morning when the bomber … [Read more...]

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say army units have pushed deeper into a strategic town near the Lebanese border and are fighting street battles with the rebels.The SANA news agency says President Bashar Assad's troops took control of most of the town of Qusair on Monday.But the state news service also … [Read more...]

BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 34 people and wounded dozens on Monday, Iraqi officials said.In the Iraqi capital, nine car bombs went off, striking at bus stops, market places and in the streets of Shiite areas … [Read more...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired a short-range projectile into its own eastern waters — for the fifth time in three days.Pyongyang regularly conducts short-range missile tests. Analysts say these recent launches appear to be weapons tests or an attempt to get U.S. and South … [Read more...]

BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian group that tracks the country's civil war says 23 fighters from the militant group Hezbollah have been killed in fierce clashes in a strategic town near the Lebanese border.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the fighters died in the fighting Sunday around the … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former general Thein Sein (tane sane) on Monday becomes the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation after years of international isolation.But activists are angry about President Barack Obama … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Mideast this week to press the case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.Kerry departs Monday for Oman. He … [Read more...]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside a provincial council building in the country's north, causing casualties.Police spokesman in Baghlan province, Jawed Bashrat, says the bomber was on foot and targeted the leader of the provincial council as he was walking … [Read more...]

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say five car bombs have gone off in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 75.Police officials say the blasts struck bus stations and outdoor markets on Monday morning. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty tolls. All officials spoke on condition … [Read more...]

BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi officials say two car bombings in the southern city of Basra have killed at least 10 people and wounded 27.A police officer says the two parked car bombs went off early on Monday morning near a restaurant and a bus station. A doctor in a nearby hospital confirmed the casualty … [Read more...]