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1 Afghan bombing: A suicide attack targeting a NATO convoy in Kabul killed two people and wounded 26, including two U.S. soldiers.

A suicide bomber plowed an explosives-laden vehicle into the convoy, badly damaging two armored vehicles, sending a black plume of smoke into the sky and scattering glass and metal across the main highway leading to the airport.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, which could be heard across the capital.

An Egyptian security official said a bomb blast near a Cairo police station killed three people, a day after the assassination of the country’s chief prosecutor.

Liberian authorities on Tuesday quarantined an area where the corpse of a 17-year-old boy was found with Ebola, sparking fears this West African country could face another outbreak of the disease nearly two months after being declared Ebola-free.

Mexico’s national beauty pageant director said the country won’t send a contestant to the Miss Universe contest because of insulting remarks by Donald Trump, an owner of the pageant.

Paris chief prosecutor said Tuesday that he had requested that multiple charges of terrorism be brought against Yassine Salhi, who is accused of decapitating his boss and attempting to set off a major explosion last week at a branch of a U.S. chemical and gas company.