Assailants fired mortar shells at the Mogadishu airport as a plane carrying an American congressman took off, a police officer said Monday. The plane departed safely, but 19 Somalis were reported wounded in surrounding residential areas.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a two-part report from Italy that looks at the aftermath of the earthquake. Tuesday’s will look at University of Minnesota students in the area.
BANGKOK (AP) âÄî Swarms of anti-government protesters attacked the prime minister's car, seized control of major intersections in the capital and commandeered buses, bringing new chaos to the Thai...
JERUSALEM (AP) âÄî Thousands of Christian clergymen, worshippers and pilgrims thronged the alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, chanting hymns and bearing crosses as they marked Good Friday by retracing...
PARIS (AP) âÄî Navy commandos stormed a French sailboat held by pirates off the Somali coast Friday in an assault triggered by threats the passengers would be executed. But one hostage was killed...