Pakistan Shah Noorani shrine bomb 'kills 30' and other top stories.

• Pakistan Shah Noorani shrine bomb 'kills 30'

  

  Image copyright AP Image caption People gather at a hospital after an explosion at a Sufi Muslim shrine in Pakistan At least 30 people have been killed and more than 70 wounded, including women and children, in an explosion at a Sufi Muslim shrine in Balochistan, according to Pakistani media.Emergency services are struggling to reach the site in remote Kuzdar.Worshippers at the Shah Noorani shrine were performing dhamal - a trance-like dance - when th..

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• Bagram blast: Bomber kills Americans at Afghan base

  

  Image copyright AFP Image caption Bagram is one of the most heavily protected places in Afghanistan A suicide bomber has killed four Americans inside Bagram airbase, the largest US military facility in Afghanistan. US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said two members of the armed services and two contractors had died in the attack.A further 16 US service members and one Polish soldier were injured, he added.The Taliban said one of their fighters had carri..

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• Paris attacks: Bataclan to reopen with Sting concert

  

  Image copyright Getty Images Image caption There is a heavy police presence ahead of the concert to reopen the Bataclan A concert by Sting will reopen the Bataclan hall in Paris for the first time since 90 people were killed by jihadists from so-called Islamic State.Scores of survivors are expected to attend the concert, which is being held on the eve of the first anniversary of France's bloodiest terror attack.Organisers said they decided to reopen t..

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• 5 Big Foreign Policy Challenges For President-Elect Trump

  

  Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the Kremlin in October 2015. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump faces many foreign policy challenges, which will include dealing with the war in Syria and friction with Russia. Alexei Druzhinin/AP hide caption toggle caption Alexei Druzhinin/AP ..

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• What Does Trump's Victory Mean For NATO?

  

  U.S. military planes drop paratroopers during a multi-national jump that includes soldiers from the U.S., Britain and Poland on June 7, near Torum, Poland. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has questioned the value of the NATO alliances, raising worries among many European countries. Alik Keplicz/AP hide caption toggle caption Alik Keplicz/AP..

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• Europe|Donald Trump's Election Leaves Angela Merkel as the Liberal West's Last Defender

  

  An increasingly divided Europe is looking to Germany, its richest power, to cope with its many problems, some of them longstanding: low growth, a continuing stream of refugees, and increasingly angry and nationalistic electorates. Italy and Spain are politically fragile, Austria might elect a hard-right president next month, and Ms. Merkel faces difficult negotiations with Britain over its so-called Brexit.And with Mr. Trump advocating “America First” and questioning the value of the NATO allia..

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• Iraqi army says advances in Mosul, despite suicide bombers

  

  BAGHDAD Iraqi special forces backed by U.S. and Iraqi air power took control of two districts of eastern Mosul on Saturday after heavy fighting in which they destroyed at least 10 cars deployed by Islamic State as suicide bombs, the military said.Infantry and armored division troops also advanced in a nearby neighborhood, destroying three rocket launchers and killing 30 militants, it said in a statement.Iraqi troops have been fighting for 10 days inside eastern Mosul, trying to expand their sm..

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• South Koreans gather en masse to protest against president

  

  SEOUL — South Koreans from across the country and across generations peacefully took to the streets of the capital Saturday night, calling through songs, shouts and placards for the immediate resignation of their scandal-plagued president, Park Geun-hye. With as many as 1 million people on the streets of Seoul, it was South Korea’s largest demonstration in more than a decade — no small feat in a country with a vibrant protest culture — and it increased the pressure on Park over a widening corr..

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