DAMATURU, Nigeria – Two suicide bombers carried out separate attacks Tuesday that killed five people in Damaturu, a town in northeastern Nigeria, police and witnesses said. In one attack, a girl bomber died in an explosion that killed five people at the crowded entrance to the main bus station, said …

MINSK, Belarus – Two prominent potential candidates in Belarus’ presidential election are pulling out, alleging that a free and fair vote is impossible under longtime authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko. Anatoly Lebedko and Sergei Kalyakin were among eight aspirants, including Lukashenko, who were authorized to try to collect enough signatures to …

Fresh off a golf vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, President Obama is back to doling out disparaging dialogue about critics of his Iran nuclear deal.Even now, after learning that the deal includes trusting Iran to self-inspect, the president calls opponents “crazies.”What’s crazy, is putting trust in the hands of Iranian leaders. …

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – A legal aid organization says Spanish authorities have arrested a businessman with dual American-Belgian citizenship who is accused of enslavement and pillaging “blood diamonds” during Sierra Leone’s civil war. Civitas Maxima, a Geneva-based organization that provides legal representation for victims of war crimes, said in a …

CHICAGO – Southwest Airlines says a Chicago-bound flight has been diverted to Texas after a group of passengers became disorderly. Dallas-based Southwest says Flight 1522 from San Diego landed Monday night at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport. Amarillo police Cpl. Jerry Neufeld said six people remained in custody Tuesday pending …

The tone of the debate over the nation’s immigration laws has taken an ugly turn as some office-seekers offer solutions to problems that don’t exist. The natural rights of all persons consist of areas of human behavior for which we do not need and will not accept the need for …

PARIS – The 3-year-old boy could have been dressed for preschool. Instead he was lying face down in the surf. Suddenly offers of money, meals and refuge are pouring in to help the hundreds of thousands of migrants surging into Europe. A single photo of a lifeless boy did more …

TOWNSHIP 4 RANGE 11, Maine – A logging practice now largely a thing of the past has allowed Maine to become home to the largest population of federally protected Canada lynx in the contiguous U.S. But with clear-cutting now tightly regulated, several private landowners are trying to recreate the new-growth …

KARACHI, Pakistan – Police in Pakistan say gunmen have shot dead two journalists in separate attacks in the country’s violent port city of Karachi in the last 24 hours. Police say the first attack Tuesday night saw gunmen open fire on a van of the private satellite news channel Geo …

VIENNA – Iran says it has not yet decided how to reduce its enriched uranium stockpile — which it must do under the July 14 nuclear deal it signed with six world powers. Iranian envoy Reza Najafi says one option would be to export it to Russia or other countries. …