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Car bombings kill 33 in Iraq

  BAGHDAD / AP Militants on Sunday unleashed dual car bomb attacks in southern Iraq, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens, officials said, at a time when the country’s government is struggling with mounting public unrest in the capital over delays in promised reform plans. A police officer said two parked explosives-laden cars were detonated within minutes of ...

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Ukraine accuses separatists of violating Easter armistice

  MOSCOW/ AP The Ukrainian government says one soldier has been killed and several troops wounded in the country’s east in what seems to be a violation of a recently brokered armistice. Both sides in the deadly conflict between government forces and Russia-backed separatists had agreed to observe a cease-fire with the start of the Orthodox Easter and May Day ...

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Brussels Airport departure hall reopens after attacks

  BRUSSELS / AP The Brussels Airport is reopening its departure hall for the first time since deadly extremist attacks on March 22. The airport had already resumed some flights but passengers had been using a temporary check-in tent because of extensive damage to the departure hall from the twin suicide bombings that killed 16 people. Passengers on select flights will ...

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