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- Bombing follows draft of US, Afghan security agreement
A suicide bombing killed at least one and injured dozens in Kabul Saturday, as US and Afghan leaders completed a draft of a Bilateral Security Agreement for US withdrawal from the country. The agreement must be approved by 3,000 elders, clerics, and parliamentarians.
- Following religious clashes, Pakistan imposes curfew in northern city
Several Sunnis from an Islamic seminary were killed when a Shiite religious commemoration turned violent Friday, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The government ordered residents to stay in their homes following the violence.
- Toronto's Rob Ford, stripped of mayor powers, turns to TV for solace
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford had some of his powers stripped from him by the city council today amid drug and drunk driving allegations. 'Stay tuned' says the backer of his new TV venture.
- Gambia breaks relations with surprised Taiwan
Gambia is the first diplomatic ally to break with Taiwan since relations between China and Taiwan began to thaw four years ago.
- St. Peter Relics to be put on display at Vatican
St. Peter Relics: Archbishop Rino Fisichella said that that 'tradition recognizes' the relics are those of the martyred Peter.
- Typhoon Haiyan: Was the government prepared?
Philippines President Benigno Aquino defended preparations ahead of last week's devastating storm. Others say local governments failed to mobilize to force evacuations and that the country's response to such disasters is mainly reactive.
- Typhoon Haiyan: Is aid being distributed fast enough?
Five days after Typhoon Haiyan, looting broke out at a rice warehouse in the Philippines. For some of the 600,000 displaced people, international aid is arriving but not being distributed quickly enough.
- Israel halts plans for new settlements that could have derailed peace talks
Earlier today, Israel's Housing Ministry announced plans for new settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, prompting Palestinians to threaten to walk out of peace talks.
- Polish riots result in attempted attack on Russian embassy
Polish riots: Young men tried to scale the wall at the Russian embassy in the Polish capital Monday. Several people were arrested as an outcome of the Polish riots.
- North Korea claims it has captured South Korean spy
North Korea adds the spy was captured in the North's capital. Both North Korea and South Korea have used espionage to keep track of one another since the end of the Korean conflict in 1953.
- Tacloban: Aid remains elusive in Philippine city devastated by typhoon
The official slogan of Tacloban is "A City of Progress, Beauty and Love," but typhoon Haiyan turned that on its head. Residents wait with increasing impatience for a trickle of aid to become a torrent.
- Bahamas plane crash: 4 Americans killed, say police
Bahamas plane crash: Four people, all believed to be US citizens, died Sunday in a small plane crash off the Bahamas' northernmost island, say police.
- Miami Herald reporter detained in Venezuela for 48 hours, released
Jim Wyss was handed over unharmed and in good spirits to US diplomats in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Indian prime minister joins Commonwealth boycott
India's Singh will be the second leader after Canadian Prime Minister Harper to boycott a Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka this week over the island nation's human rights record.
- Typhoon Haiyan: A struggle to reach victims in Philippines
Typhoon Haiyan: Two days after typhoon Haiyan, one of the world's most powerful typhoons, slammed into the Philippines, as many as 10,000 people are believed to have died in a single city.
- Why France is concerned about Iran nuclear deal
France stalled a proposed deal to temporarily curb Iran's nuclear program. France is concerned that a draft of a first-step deal was too favorable to Iran. Talks continued in Geneva Saturday. .
- Video: Olympic torch taken on space walk for first time
The 2014 Sochi Olympic torch is the third torch to orbit Earth. But it is the first to be taken on a space walk. Previous unlit Olympic torches stayed inside while in orbit.
- Toronto mayor Rob Ford considering rehab, says lawyer
Toronto mayor Rob Ford has been praised by conservatives for cutting the size of the city work force and taking on labor unions. But Ford is under pressure to resign since admitting to smoking crack cocaine.
- Germans mark Kristallnacht with candle-light vigils, tales from Jewish survivors
Germans commemorated the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht - the night of broken glass. Nazis staged a wave of attacks on Jews in Germany and Austria in 1938.
- Typhoon Haiyan hammers Philippines, heads toward Vietnam
Typhoon Haiyan hit parts of the Philippines 'like a tsunami,' leaving swaths of devastation in its wake. At least 138 are reported dead, and some 4 million people were affected by the storm. Typhoon Haiyan is weakening as it heads toward Vietnam.