Taliban militants launched a large-scale attack involving the
United Nations in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul,
sparking a five-hour battle with security forces.
Britain's security services have faced questions over whether
they could have done more to prevent the murder of a soldier
hacked to death in a busy London street after it emerged that
his suspected killers were known to intelligence officers.
A bridge collapse that sent cars and drivers tumbling off a
four-lane interstate and into a frigid river in Washington
state may have been caused when a semi-trailer truck crashed
into the structure, officials say.
An Arizona jury has failed to reach a unanimous verdict on
whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for the murder of
her ex-boyfriend, prompting the judge to order a rerun of the
sentencing phase of the trial.
A Cuban court has wrapped up the first day of testimony in
the graft trial of a Canadian businessman whose prosecution
is part of a corruption crackdown that has shaken the
country's foreign business community.
