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A suicide bomber blew himself up near a Shi'ite shrine in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people and wounding 18, officials said, as the Afghan capital celebrated the Nawruz holiday marking the start of the Persian new year. The explosion underlined the threat to the city from militant...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on serial bombings in Texas (all times local): At least one person was injured Tuesday night in a reported explosion in a south Austin, Texas, neighborhood, officials with Austin-Travis County EMS said. Key developments • A FedEx spokesman, Jim McCluskey, said of the person who...

Atleast 3 people reportedly shot at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County is on lockdown after a shooting there Tuesday morning, the school district confirmed. “There has been a Shooting at Great Mills High School. The school is on lock down the event is contained, the Sheriff's office...

(Reuters) - An Uber self-driving car kills a woman crossing the street in Arizona, police said on Monday, marking the first fatality caused by an autonomous vehicle and a potential blow to the technology expected to transform transportation. The ride services company said it was suspending North American tests of...

Two men have been injured after an explosion in Austin, Texas, just weeks after two others were killed by parcel bombs in the city. Sunday's explosion, which has not yet been linked to the earlier ones, occurred around 8.30pm in Travis Country, in the city's southwest. The men, reportedly in...

A flight steward of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was caught on Saturday by Paris authorities while trying to smuggle heroin. The flight PK-749 arrived in Paris from Islamabad where the drug worth millions of rupees was recovered from the steward during checking. The authorities allowed the passengers and PIA staff...

US President Donald Trump has been invited to meet in person with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a senior South Korean official has announced after a meeting at the White House. Kim said he is committed to denuclearization and said North Korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile...

Heavy air strikes and clashes shook the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday, a day ahead of an urgent UN Security Council meeting on the escalating violence. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 805 civilians — including at least 178 children — have been killed since Russia-backed...

A man fatally shot himself on the crowded pedestrian avenue directly in front of the White House on Saturday, officials said, reported AFP. “Adult male has been declared deceased,” the Washington, DC Police Department said on Twitter. The Secret Service said a white male approached the fence north of the White...

NEW YORK: A major winter storm pounded the US East Coast on Friday, whipping up strong winds and dumping heavy rain and snow, forcing the cancellation or delay of thousands of flights and the closure of federal government offices in Washington. Coastal flooding alerts were issued from New Jersey to...

At least two people have been killed in a shooting in a Central Michigan University dorm, troopers with the Michigan State Police post in Mount Pleasant told the Free Press. The state police did not release any further details on who the victims were or the relationship to the alleged...

An Iranian passenger plane with 66 people on board has crashed in central Iran during a flight from Tehran to the city of Yasuj, according to Iranian news media reports. A spokesperson for Iran Aseman Airlines told state TV that Sunday's air crash killed all 66 people on board. The plane went...