Afghan police opened fire to disperse thousands of anti-American protesters rioting for a second day over an incident that the U.S. said was inadvertent burning of Muslim holy books at a military base in Kabul.
A U.S.-born reporter and a French photographer have been killed by Syrian government troops shelling the city of Homs.
A packed train slams into the end of the line in Buenos Aires's busy Once station, killing an estimated 40 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters.
Greek debt was downgraded by Fitch Wendesday as it scrambled to adopt a batch of emergency laws that will further cut incomes and government spending, a day after securing a new bailout and debt relief deal.