A suicide car bomb exploded Saturday outside the main gate of NATO’s headquarters five days before Afghanistan’s presidential election, killing seven and wounding 91, officials said.

Five years ago, Eitadullah Khan — then 25 — voted for the first time in his life. He even campaigned for Afghan President Hamid Karzai. This time, he isn’t even going to vote.

The leader of an al-Qaida-inspired group in the Gaza Strip blew himself up during a shootout Saturday with Hamas security forces, ending hours of violence sparked by a rebellious sermon.

Police say thieves behind one of Britain’s biggest jewel heists abandoned an initial robbery attempt two days before the crime.

Motola, a female elephant who stepped on a land mine 10 years ago and endured painful operations, was fitted Saturday in Thailand for a permanent artificial leg.

Lawyers for the Lockerbie bomber say he is abandoning his second appeal against his conviction for the December 1988 attack as Scottish officials consider his request to be sent home to Libya.

Seven women were shot dead in a sauna in Dagestan and, in separate attacks, eight policemen and two separatists were also killed in Russia’s northern Caucasus region late Thursday.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined thousands of Britons in an online campaign to defend his country’s health care service against U.S. Republican attacks.

Voting observers expect fraud during next week’s Afghan presidential election and warn that cheating will most likely take place at polling stations in remote or dangerous areas.

Debate is raging in Germany over whether a campaign poster using a photograph of Chancellor Angela Merkel in a deep-cut evening gown is cleverly ironic or downright tacky.