Six Afghan policemen were killed and two others injured Sunday in a roadside mine explosion, according to the governor of Afghanistan's Badakhsan province.

A 14-year-old Iraqi girl was killed Sunday and dozens of families fled their homes to escape Iranian artillery shells in northern Iraq, according to a Kurdish Regional Security Forces spokesman.

A prison warden in the Mexican state of Morelos was abducted as he reported to work Saturday morning and his dismembered body was found later in four locations in the city of Cuernavaca, the government-run Notimex agency reported.

The Seychelles Coast Guard and the Australian navy separately disrupted two potential pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden, officials said Sunday.

Brig. Gen. Daniel Menard, the chief of the Canadian forces in Afghanistan, has been relieved of duty following allegations of an inappropriate relationship, the country's military said.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the country was calm Sunday morning after the first night without a government-imposed curfew in 10 days, state media said.

Social Democrats leader Jiri Paroubek will step down as party leader after parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic handed his left-of-center party a narrow win -- but not enough seats to govern without forming a coalition.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday that Northeast Asia -- which includes the Korean Peninsula -- must push for peace and avoid violent clashes in the aftermath of the sinking of a South Korean warship, state news reported.

The Cabinet minister responsible for slashing Britain's crippling deficit has admitted using taxpayers' money to rent rooms from his male partner, as the expenses scandal came back to haunt the new coalition government.

Tropical Depression Agatha unleashed torrential rains over Guatemala, southeast Mexico and El Salvador, triggering flash floods and mudslides.

Tropical Storm Agatha unleashed torrential rains over Guatemala, southeast Mexico and El Salvador, triggering flash floods and mud slides.

German singer Lena has won the Eurovision Song Contest -- the continent's biggest musical competition that allowed musicians from 25 countries to shrug off the economic gloom shrouding Europe, at least for a day.

Support for President Barack Obama's planned removal of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the August could drop significantly if Iraq cannot solve its current problems in time, according to a new national poll.

The death toll from attacks on a religious minority in eastern Pakistan has risen to 98, officials said Saturday.

A North Korean official has questioned South Korea's credibility for its rhetoric and actions over the sinking of a South Korean warship in March, state-run media in North Korea reported Saturday.

The U.S. military said it has completed its investigation into the Feb. 21 incident in which dozens of Afghan civilians were killed and concluded that more training is needed.

Police in England recovered what they believe to be human remains Saturday near the spot where they recently found the body of Suzanne Blamires, who was reported missing this week.

Security forces in Jamaica plan to renew a push Monday to arrest an accused drug lord at the center of violence that has now killed 76 people, the country's police commissioner said.

Northern Ireland police said Saturday they were investigating a car bomb that exploded overnight in the city of Derry, about 70 miles northwest of Belfast.

"Precision airstrikes" killed a Taliban leader and several of his fighters in Afghanistan, the NATO-led command said Saturday.