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Two explosions kill 'scores' of civilians near ministry offices in Somalia's capital

By Omar Faruk, Associated Press

Two car bombs exploded Saturday at a busy junction in Somalia's capital near key government offices, leaving “scores of civilian casualties,” police told state media. The attack came five years after a massive blast at the same location.

Cholera cases, deaths spike in Haiti amid fuel and water crisis

By Evens Sanon, Associated Press

A rapidly spreading cholera outbreak is straining the resources of nonprofits and local hospitals in a country where fuel, water and other basic supplies are growing scarcer by the day.

News Wrap: Markets end week with rally, Miami Beach condominium deemed unsafe

In our news wrap Friday, stocks rallied on Wall Street boosted by a string of better-than-expected earnings reports, a Miami Beach condominium on the same avenue where a building collapsed last year was evacuated after the city deemed the structure…

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Former Russian diplomat on Putin's ambitions as war in Ukraine rages on

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn

This week, the Russian government began accusing Ukraine of preparing to use use a dirty bomb, an explosive device that would spew radioactive material. Russia also began its annual nuclear exercise and threatened to shoot down satellites that are helping…

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Bolsonaro courts farm vote with former Brazilian minister of agriculture

By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

President Jair Bolsonaro's former agriculture minister has become the face of his campaign in Brazil's agribusiness heartland — a part of the country where the conservative incumbent appears to be leading his leftist rival, ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Financial sanctions for organization that targeted author Salman Rushdie

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

The U.S. is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that put a bounty on the head of British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was violently attacked in August at a literary event.

Pakistani former leader Imran Khan starts march to Islamabad with supporters by his side

By Zaheer Babar, Associated Press

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan and thousands of his supporters have started a long-promised march to the capital, Islamabad, to challenge his successor's government and demand early elections.

U.S. warns North Korea on nuclear weapons as country continues missile tests

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

South Korea says that North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea in its first ballistic weapons tests in two weeks.

Floods and landslides ravage south Philippines, killing at least 50

By Jim Gomez, Associated Press

Philippine officials say torrential rains set off flash floods and landslides that swamped a southern province, killing at least 42 people and leaving 16 others missing.