Two suicide bombers blew themselves up Tuesday in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims streaming toward the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, killing 93 people in one of several attacks targeting the faithful ahead of a weekend holiday.
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia killed at least 70 people and injured hundreds, authorities said, predicting that the toll would rise. The quake struck Sumatra island and was felt as far away as neighboring Malaysia and Singapore, where some tall buildings were evacuated.
Thousands of NATO troops moved Tuesday into the mountains of southern Afghanistan where hundreds of hard-core Taliban insurgents hold sway – an operation in the world’s biggest opium-producing region aimed at winning over a population long supportive of militant fighters.
A U.S. Army medic was convicted of desertion Tuesday for refusing to return to Iraq because he believes war is morally wrong. He is sentenced to an eight-month prison term – far short of the maximum seven-year sentence.
More than 1,000 journalists and their support staff have died in the past decade, with Iraq and Russia topping the list as the deadliest countries for the profession, according to a report released Tuesday.
The Senate voted Tuesday to give 45,000 airport screeners the same union rights as other public safety officers, despite vigorous opposition by Republicans and a veto threat from the White House.
