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Pakistani authorities arrested 13 Islamist militants and seized suicide vests, bomb-making material and heroin in separate raids that police said Monday had foiled major attacks in the country's south and east.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday no deals were ever made with Libya while he was in power to arrange the Lockerbie bomber's release, a move that has caused outrage in the United States.

Iraq's foreign minister said Saturday that those who carried out bombings that targeted government buildings in the Iraqi capital received help to pull off the attacks, possibly from Iraqi security forces.

A series of powerful explosions reverberated across the heart of Baghdad today, killing at least 75 people and wounding more than 300 on the deadliest day in the capital since U.S. forces completed their withdrawal from Iraq's cities on June 30.

The explosions and a suicide bombing that killed three soldiers seemed further indications of Afghanistan’s precarious security situation just days before elections.

The top U.S. commander in Iraq says he wants to deploy American soldiers to disputed territories in northern Iraq following a recent spike in bombings there.

A series of bombings mostly targeting day laborers killed 41 people and wounded 160 in Iraq on Monday, the Ministry of Interior said.

The main terminal at New York's LaGuardia Airport was evacuated Saturday morning, stranding hundreds of passengers, after a man entered the building with a fake bomb, police said.

A series of near simultaneous explosions shook five Shiite mosques around Baghdad today as Friday prayers were ending, killing at least 28 people and wounding dozens more.

Spain blocked planes and ships from leaving the resort island of Mallorca on Thursday as authorities hunted suspects in a bombing that killed two police officers.