A bomb in Bangkok on Monday killed an estimated 20 people with scores more injured. Thailand's prime minister is describing it as the country's worst attack ever.
Until now: The Ugandan team is the only African nine in this year's Little League Baseball World Championships. And they got there by clobbering European teams with scores like 16-0.
China's central bank surprised investors when it devalued its currency. David Greene talks to David Wessel, director of the Brookings Institution's Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy.
Rescue crews did recover the plane's black boxes, which may provide a clue as to why the plane carrying 54 passengers and crew crashed in Papua province.
The second blast happened when an explosive was thrown from a bridge. It did not injure anyone. An explosion on Monday left at least 20 dead and 140 injured.
Legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif has died at the age of 83. He became a global star in the 1960s with films like Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago — but his career started in Cairo.
David Greene talks to Emily Rauhala, the Beijing correspondent for The Washington Post, for the latest on the Tianjin blast, and the government's promises "not to cover anything up."
The southwestern coast of Turkey has become the departure point for thousands of migrants seeking the short boat trip to a nearby Greek island, which is the first step into Western Europe.
Turkey is on the defensive for not preventing refugees from going to Western Europe. But the country is already struggling to host the 2 million people who fled the war in Syria.