Suicide bomber hits U.S. vehicle, kills 2 Pakistanis

A suicide bomber rammed a car filled with explosives into a U.S. government vehicle in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing two Pakistanis and wounding 19 others including two Americans, officials said.

China Bridge Collapse Raises Infrastructure Concerns

One of the longest bridges in northern China collapsed on Friday, just nine months after it opened, setting off a storm of criticism from Chinese Internet users and underscoring questions about the quality of construction in the country's rapid expansion of its infrastructure.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dies at 57

Ethiopia's long-time ruler who held tight control over this East African country but was a major U.S counter-terrorism ally, died of an undisclosed illness after not being seen in public for weeks, Ethiopian authorities announced Tuesday. He was 57. Meles died Monday just before midnight after contracting an infection, state TV said.

Al Qaeda Kidnapping Children & Forcing Them To Be Suicide Bombers

Al Qaeda is kidnapping young children in Somalia and training them to become soldiers. The kids, some as young as 7, are brainwashed into believing that by launching suicide bombings, they can achieve paradise.