Suicide bomber kills dozens at Shi'ite mosque in Kabul

Obama offers bleak assessment of situation in Syria


LIMA U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that chaos in Syria could persist for "quite some time" and that Russian and Iranian support for President Bashar al-Assad's air campaign had emboldened the Syrian leader's crackdown on rebels.




India rail crash raises concerns of underinvestment as toll hits 142


PUKHRAYAN, India/NEW DELHI Indian rescue workers concluded their search of the mangled carriages of a derailed train on Monday, bringing the number of passengers killed in the disaster to at least 142 and the injured to more than 200.




Fillon, Juppe go head-to-head for French conservative presidential ticket


PARIS Francois Fillon heads into a five-day runoff campaign for France's conservative presidential ticket as favorite over opponent Alain Juppe after a stunning first-round vote result that ousted ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy from the race.