A commuter train crashed into a railway buffer in Barcelona's Francia station, injuring 48 people, five of those seriously, emergency services said on Friday. There were no deaths reported. At least 18 of the injured need hospital attention, emergency services said. The driver was among the...

Israel sent extra police into Jerusalem on Friday and said men under the age of 50 would be banned from the Old City's Al-Aqsa mosque for the day in anticipation of more mass protests. Tensions have been high at the compound for two weeks, often erupting into clashes, after two Israeli...

Al-Qaeda said for the first time it is active in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, announcing Thursday on a linked propaganda network that a militant from an indigenous rebel group would lead a new outfit of fighters opposing Indian rule in the disputed region. The announcement was...

A government official says Afghan security forces have driven Taliban fighters from Taywara District in western Ghor province. Abdul Hai Khateby, provincial governor spokesman, says fighting raged for two days before Afghan soldiers drove them from the district center on Friday. Khateby...