After a brief respite on Wednesday, fighting has broken out anew in the Ukrainian city of Kiev on Thursday morning, killing at least 50 people after protesters opened up on government forces with molotov cocktails and bricks, capturing dozens of them, as government forces fired back with lethal force.
CAIRO — Two suicide attackers detonated cars stuffed with explosives Wednesday in Beirut's mostly Shi'ite southern suburbs, close to the Iranian Cultural Center and a nearby Islamic orphanage. Health Minister Wa'el Abou Faour told journalists at least four people were killed and more than 100 were wounded.
SOCHI, RUSSIA — Vladimir Putin’s carefully controlled Winter Olympics are now running into unexpected, unscripted moments from protesters.
A major volcanic eruption on the main Indonesian island of Java has killed at least three people and forced the evacuation of at least 100,000 others.