DAMASCUS, May 9: Syrian army has killed dozens of foreign-sponsored militants during mop-up operations on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. ...

ADEN, May 9: Suspected Al-Qaeda militants have killed three senior Yemeni Air Force pilots on their way to an air base in the south of the country. ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 8: Attackers killed a Pakistani peacekeeper in an ambush in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations announced. UN leader Ban Ki-moon was “appalled” by the latest attack on UN peacekeepers and an investigation has been started, said spokesman Martin Nesirky. ...

NEW DELHI, May 8: Wild bears have killed eight villagers within a week in the eastern Indian state of Orissa causing panic among local people, Indian forestry officials said on Wednesday. ...

WASHINGTON, May 8: The Obama administration expressed outrage about a recent high-profile Air Force groping scandal on Tuesday as the Pentagon released a study estimating that the number of sex crimes involving military personnel soared 37 percent last year. ...

ROME, May 8: A container ship has smashed into a control tower in the northern Italian port city of Genoa, leaving three dead, six injured and several missing. ...

  OTTAWA, May 8: A new study has shown that Canada has the second-highest rate of babies dying within 24 hours after birth in the industrialized world. ...

MEXICO, May 8: A speeding tanker truck carrying gas crashed and exploded in a huge fireball along a highway near Mexico City Tuesday, killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens more, officials said. ...

    BAGHDAD, May 8: At least six people were killed and 24 others wounded in shootings and bombings across Iraq on Wednesday, police said. ...

BEIJING, May 8: China on Wednesday accused the United States of sowing discord between China and its neighbors after the Pentagon said Beijing is using espionage to fuel its military modernization, branding Washington the "real hacking empire". ...