Posted: 6:49 PM A police official says the bomb exploded late Thursday afternoon in the town of Musayyib.

Posted: 6:48 PM Library officials said Thursday the documents came from caves in an area of northern Afghanistan that is now a Taliban stronghold.

Posted: 6:45 PM The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the blast in the Masakin Barzeh neighborhood late Thursday is expected to rise because many of the wounded are in critical condition.

Posted: 7:31 AM Pakistani intelligence officials say two U.S. drone strikes in the tribal regions bordering Afghanistan have killed 13 people, including a senior militant commander who had a truce with Pakistan's military.

Posted: 7:29 AM Indian police have filed rape and murder charges against five men accused in the gang rape of a woman on a New Delhi bus last month.

Posted: 8:22 PM Indian lawmakers facing sexual assault charges against women could be suspended from office if the country's top court rules in favor of a petition submitted following a gang-rape and murder that shocked the country.

Posted: 8:21 PM New United Nations figures suggest at least 60,000 people have died in Syria's 22-month conflict.

Posted: 8:20 PM Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said last month that it captured a ScanEagle American drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf.

Posted: 8:19 PM A statement released online Wednesday by the family of James Foley said he was kidnapped in northwest Syria by unknown gunmen on Thanksgiving day.

Posted: 8:17 PM The cruise line that operates the Queen Mary 2 says an apparent outbreak of gastrointestinal illness has subsided as the ship heads back to port.

Posted: 12:36 PM Robert Young Jr. is keeping his job as chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.

Posted: 11:26 AM 61 killed in New Year's stampede in Ivory Coast

Posted: 7:56 AM Activists say Syrian rebels have captured an oil pumping station in the north of the country after days of fighting.

Posted: 7:52 AM Egypt's prime minister says his country will resume talks in January with the International Monetary Fund over a $4.8 billion loan, after they were suspended during this month's political turmoil over the now-adopted constitution.

Posted: 7:48 AM The head of the Church of England is leaving office after a decade as the spiritual leader of the world's 80 million-strong Anglican Communion.

Posted: 7:45 AM Spain's Interior Ministry says police have arrested 17 people on suspicion of smuggling Nigerian women into Spain and forcing them into prostitution using threats including claims they would cast Voodoo spells on them if they didn't comply.

Posted: 8:01 AM Chinese state media say an overloaded minibus has fallen into a ravine, killing five children and five adults in southern China's Guangxi region.

Posted: 7:59 AM Japan's newly installed prime minister has visited the tsunami-devastated Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, site of the worst nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

Posted: 7:50 AM Egypt's Islamist president has warned against any unrest that could harm the drive to repair the country's economy in a sharply worded speech pushing the opposition to work with his government.

Posted: 7:46 AM South Africa's presidency says it has no updates on the condition of former leader Nelson Mandela, who is convalescing at home after a hospital stay and is reported to be doing better.

Posted: 6:36 PM Local adoption agencies say some families in Michigan are already in the process of bringing home a child from Russia.

Posted: 1:33 PM The tunnel originated in a two-story home in Mexico and stretched about 100 meters; was elaborately built with electricity and ventilation.

Posted: 7:25 AM President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children.

Posted: 9:50 PM All Americans flown out of the country as rebel forces close in on capital city.

Posted: 7:23 PM A Thursday report by independent Mardomsalari daily quotes Deputy Foreign Minister Hasan Qashqavi as saying the inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency may visit Parchin military site "if the foreign threats weaken".