UN Calls for North Korea Human Rights Inquiry
GENEVA — The U.N.’s top human rights official is calling for an international inquiry into what she calls the "deplorable human rights situation" in North Korea.
Mosque Blast Kills Seven Civilians after early Morning Attack
Afghan officials are reporting the death of seven civilians in a mosque explosion early Sunday morning in the Sayad Abad District of the Wardak province of Afghanistan.
Death Toll in Chinese Landslide Reaches 36, 48 Still Missing
Chinese authorities have reported that a landslide has swept through a village in southern China Friday at 8:20 am, killing at least 32 people.
3 Kurdish Activists Shot Dead in Paris
French police say three Kurdish activists, including a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party militant group, have been shot to death in Paris in what the French interior minister has termed an "assassination."