​Amid Cuba opening, Havana quinceanera biz booms

Celebrations known as "quinceaneras" mark a girl's 15th birthday and recognizing her transition to womanhood

• Dec 29, 2015

Deadly blast outside Pakistani government office

Suicide bomb attack in northwestern city of Mardan has killed at least 22 and left dozens more wounded

• Dec 29, 2015

Iraq declares Ramadi calm after ISIS defeat

National forces prove themselves in battle for key city just 60 miles from Baghdad, but even bigger test yet to come

• Dec 29, 2015

Belgians arrest 2 over alleged New Year's terror plot

Investigators say they uncovered "threat of serious attacks" against "emblematic places" in capital city

• Dec 29, 2015

Bicyclists have free rein as smog-bound Milan bans private cars

City declares six-hour ban on private cars in bed to alleviate smog

• Dec 28, 2015

Relatives of iconic drowned Syrian refugee find a home

Mohammed Kurdi, his wife and their five children arrived in Canada as refugees on Monday

• Dec 28, 2015

German man killed blowing up a condom machine

Police say the 29-year-old found dead near scene littered with cash and condom packets made one small, fatal error

• Dec 28, 2015

Mom of Paris bomber "proud" her son didn't kill anyone else

Fatima Hadfi told Belgian TV she wants to reclaim Bilal Hadfi's remains for burial in Morocco; claims she had no idea he'd been radicalized

• Dec 28, 2015

Boko Haram shows they've not been "technically" defeated

Nigerian President Buhari's declaration of victory over Islamic extremists followed by a pair of attacks on cities that left dozens dead

• Dec 28, 2015

Iraqi military declares key city Ramadi "liberated" from ISIS

Pockets of ISIS resistance remain in some neighborhoods after slow-going offensive hampered by booby traps

• Dec 28, 2015

Suicide car bomb explodes near Kabul airport

Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack; said target was convoy of foreign forces

• Dec 28, 2015

South Korea, Japan reach deal over "comfort women"

Includes apology from Japanese Prime Minister and an $8.3 million aid fund from Tokyo for the elderly former sex slaves

• Dec 28, 2015

Convoy crosses into Syria for border village evacuation

Move is part of U.N.-backed truce deal for transfer of thousands of Shiite and Sunni civilians from two key Syrian battlegrounds

• Dec 28, 2015

Boko Haram attacks northeast Nigerian city, many killed

At least 15 were killed when two female suicide bombers struck a northeast Nigerian city, witnesses said

• Dec 27, 2015

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, wife donate $1M to Syrian refugees

Charities announced the donations from the "Borat" star and his wife actress Isla Fisher

• Dec 27, 2015

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