KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A hospital official says the death toll from a bombing at a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan has climbed to 37, with more than 70 people wounded. Suicide bombers attacked the mosque as hundreds had gathered for Friday prayers. The attack came a week after an...

 Schools, banks and government offices across Lebanon shut down Friday after hours of gun battles between heavily armed militias killed seven people and terrorized the residents of Beirut. The government called for a day of mourning following the armed clashes, in which gunmen used...

 At least six people were shot dead in Beirut on Thursday as demonstrations related to a probe into last year's catastrophic port blast prompted the city's worst civil violence in years. The latest bloodshed adds to the woes of a country suffering one of the world's worst ever economic...

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — At least 46 people were killed and another 41 injured after a fire broke out early Thursday in a run-down mixed commercial and residential building in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung, officials said. Neighborhood residents said the 13-story building was home...