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Afghan police say they believe the Taliban abducted nine members of a group working to remove deadly mines in southern Afghanistan.

At a time of heightened tension on the Korean peninsula, South Korea's government says its defense minister has been targeted in what it terms an attempted act of “terror.”

Nineteen-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev now faces U.S. federal criminal charges in connection with last week’s bombings at the Boston Marathon. If convicted, Tsarnaev could face the death penalty.

Destruction caused by Boko Haram militia at a police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria.

Authorities in Canada say they have arrested and charged two residents with conspiring to carry out an al-Qaida-supported terrorist attack against passenger trains.

Ruined and abandoned house in the northern Central African Republic.

Syrian opposition activists say pro-government forces have killed at least 80 people in five days of fighting to recapture a rebel suburb of Damascus.

The surviving suspect in last week’s Boston marathon bombing remains hospitalized and unable to speak. A law enforcement official says other attacks might have been carried out had Dzhokhar Tsarnaev not been apprehended and his brother Tamerlan not been killed.

Rescue teams in southwestern China continue to search for survivors of Saturday's earthquake, despite heavy rainstorms that have hampered the effort to reach victims.

A massive search and rescue effort is underway in Sichuan Province, a day after an earthquake flattened buildings and sent panicked residents into the streets. Chinese state media report more than 200 killed and more than 10,000 injured. Those figures are expected to rise as rescue teams reach remote villages in the mountainous region.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in serious condition and under heavy guard in a Boston hospital.