A suicide attacker in eastern Afghanistan has blown himself up at the funeral of a slain provincial governor, killing at least five policemen and wounding 30 other people. A man strapped explosive device in his body exploded himself at the funeral ceremony of Hakim Taniwal in Tanai district of Khost province today, killing self and five others," a local police said. A large number of government official were also present at the funeral ceremony

Hurricane Florence is hitting the island of Bermuda Monday with winds of 130 kilometers-per-hour and heavy rain. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the center of the storm will move very near the west coast of the British territory as it moves north over the Atlantic Ocean. The storm is expected to maintain its current strength throughout the day. It weakened slightly overnight. The center says Bermuda can expect between 13 and 20 centimeters of rain and storm surges of up to 2

The suspension of uranium enrichment activities is "in Iran's own interest," Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Friday. Prodi made the remarks at a meeting with Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, according to a statement issued by his office after their talks in Rome

The UN General Assembly adopted on Friday a global strategy designed as a unique instrument to enhance national, regional and international efforts, based on respect for human rights and the rule of law, to combat terrorism. The strategy approved by the 92-member Assembly includes plan of action, measures to prevent and combat terrorism and steps to build capacities of states to fight the scourge

Two bombs rigged to bicycles exploded yesterday in the town of Malegaon in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, killing 31 people and injuring 125 more, most of them Muslim worshipers leaving a mosque after prayers. Authorities imposed a curfew on parts of Malegaon in an effort to head off any outbreak of sectarian violence such as has hit the town previously

The man who held a girl captive for 8 1/2 years and killed himself when she escaped last month was buried Friday under a false name in an undisclosed location, officials said. Only two mourners _ including his mother _ attended the burial of Wolfgang Priklopil, 44, who jumped in front of a commuter train hours after Natascha Kampusch fled to freedom on Aug. 23

Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Friday that his country intended to withdraw all the remaining soldiers from south Lebanon within two weeks, local newspaper the Jerusalem Post reported. "Israel's intention is to exit as soon as possible from the moment the coordination between Israel and the international forces is complete," Peretz was quoted as telling visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Three Filipinos working for a U.S. construction firm were kidnapped in southern Nigeria early Friday; a day after a German was abducted in a region where the handling of oil revenue has caused strife between multinational companies and local communities. Four armed men blocked the vehicle of the Baker Hughes Inc. employees on the road, fired in the air and then took them hostage, according to a colleague who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press

Typhoon Prapiroon weakened into a tropical storm over south China today after forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people and cutting transport links across the region. The storm, which made landfall in the coastal province of Guangdong yesterday, was moving northwest, lashing the area of Baolin, in Guangxi, with heavy winds and rain, China's central Meteorological Office reported

Israel pounded Hezbollah’s southern Beirut strongholds with missiles early today and, in a sharp expansion of its bombing of Lebanon, blasted highway bridges for the first time in the Christian heartland north of the capital during morning rush hour. Four civilians were killed and 10 wounded in the airstrikes on bridges north of Beirut early today, the Lebanese Red Cross said