International

(CNN) The Australian navy has destroyed nearly 353 kilograms (780 pounds) of heroin after intercepting the drugs on a smuggling vessel off the coast of Tanzania, the Australian Department of Defense said Friday. Authorities estimate the…

(BBC) -- Syria says international accusations that it is delaying the destruction of its chemical weapons stockpile are "absolutely unjustified". Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad told the BBC "Syria is doing its best" to comply…

(BBC) -- Italy's navy has rescued 1,123 people from inflatable boats in the space of 24 hours, as clandestine migration from North Africa reaches record levels. The latest migrants were found in eight boats and a barge about 120 miles…

Hong Kong (CNN) -- A suspected bomb was found Thursday afternoon at a construction site on Hong Kong Island, prompting evacuations in the area, including at hospitals and hotels, police said. Chinese state-run media outlet Xinhua reported…

(CNN) -- At least six people were killed in bombings across the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Thursday, police said. Four car bombs and two roadside devices exploded in five different areas around the city. Almost all of the neighborhoods…

(CNN) -- At the heart of a $600 million complex of Miami condominium and office towers, a network of holes in the ground has provided new insight into the people who were there first. The holes lay out the foundations of a prehistoric…

(CNN) -- At least 25 people were killed and 30 others injured in three bombings that hit the Iraqi capital on Wednesday morning, Baghdad police officials said. All three attacks struck close to checkpoints for entry to the city's Green…

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Six students were wounded when unknown assailants tossed a hand grenade into a school in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, hospital staff said Wednesday. The blast occurred during break time at the Mahd…

(BBC) -- A French court has begun hearing the landmark trial of a former Rwandan intelligence chief charged with complicity in the 1994 genocide. Pascal Simbikangwa, who is paraplegic, was arrested in 2008 when he was living under an alias…

(CNN) -- Syria plans to send a large shipment of toxic agents out of the country this month, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told Russian state-run news agency Ria Novosti. Syria intends to finish the process by March 1,…

(CNN) -- Spanish authorities went fishing for backpacks full of cocaine and netted nearly a ton of the drug after uncovering what they say was a sophisticated undersea smuggling operation. The ring used packs equipped with a flotation…

Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Two soldiers were killed and 14 others were injured Tuesday when a bomb planted under a military bus exploded in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, authorities said. The soldiers were on their way to work from another…

Sochi, Russia (CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Sochi on Tuesday, state media reported, as the Black Sea resort city enters the final stages of preparations for hosting the Winter Olympics. Putin is on a "working visit"…

(CNN) -- A small plane crashed in South Africa early Monday, killing 3 people, local media reported. The plane, a King Air 90, crashed at Lanseria airport, a privately owned facility situated just to the northwest of Johannesburg. Heavy…

Moscow (CNN) -- A Moscow high school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held about 20 other pupils hostage in a classroom Monday before he was disarmed and detained, Russian authorities said, just days before Russia hosts…