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20 May 2013 Last updated at 04:43 ET

Multiple car bomb attacks hit IraqScene of Basra car bomb attack, 20 May 2013

At least 26 people are killed by car bombs in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Basra, police and medical officials say.


China's Premier Li Keqiang on his arrival in Delhi on Sunday afternoonChina leader vows better India ties

China's Premier Li Keqiang pledges to build trust with India where he is meeting his counterpart Manmohan Singh, after a recent flare-up in border tensions.

Debris at a mobile home park which was destroyed by a tornado on Sunday, west of Shawnee, Oklahoma May 19, 2013.Deadly tornadoes ravage Oklahoma

At least one person is reported dead and several others injured in a series of tornadoes that have torn through the US state of Oklahoma.

Lyse Doucet Article written by Lyse Doucet Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent

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